{"product_id":"audition-9781566897310","title":"Audition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA genre-defying novel--part science fiction, part social realism--from one of the most powerful voices in New Zealand literature today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spaceship called \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e is hurtling through the cosmos. Squashed immobile into its largest room are three giants: Alba, Stanley, and Drew. If they talk, the spaceship keeps moving; if they are silent, they resume growing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTalk they must, and as they do, Alba, Stanley, and Drew recover their shared memory of what has been done to their former selves--experiences of imprisonment, violence, and disempowerment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePip Adam's transcendent new novel sets its eye firmly on our current justice system and asks what happens when those in power decide someone takes up too much room?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePip Adam is the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), \u003ci\u003eNothing to See\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), which won the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eI'm Working on a Building\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eEverything We Hoped For\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). She makes the \u003ci\u003eBetter off Read\u003c\/i\u003e podcast where she talks with authors about writing and reading and lives in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51322252558610,"sku":"9781566897310","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a306aca8-fc19-4eea-a19a-23e574a8bbeb.jpg?v=1748606458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/audition-9781566897310","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}