{"product_id":"only-lovers-left-alive-valancourt-20th-century-classics-9781941147627","title":"Only Lovers Left Alive (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"\"Arresting and terrifying . . . Will keep you pondering long after you put it down.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York World Telegram and Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Taut detachment . . . irresistible narrative drive. Realized with brilliance and tough, intelligent restraint . . . An unusually ambitious feat of the imagination.\"- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Shockingly effective, with a real sense of danger.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A shattering, sensational novel . . . a real original.\" - \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Grim and often macabre, this contemporary fantasy has a vigorous fertility of invention, rattling pace and dialogue that crackles with vitality.\" - \u003ci\u003eBirmingham Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A sudden rash of suicides quickly spirals out of control, as all the adults do away with themselves in a wave of existential ennui. With the \"oldies\" dead, teenagers inherit the world, suddenly free to smash, loot and love as they like. Motorcycle gangs hold wild orgies in abandoned apartments and prowl through the shambles of disintegrating London in search of disappearing stocks of lipstick, gasoline and food, now the currency in a new world of unspeakable violence . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dave Wallis's chillingly convincing counter-culture classic \u003ci\u003eOnly Lovers Left Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) has counted the Rolling Stones, Jim Morrison and Jim Jarmusch among its many admirers. Unavailable for decades, it returns to print at last in this edition, which features a new introduction by Andrew Tullis and the original jacket photograph by Bruce Fleming.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476367610130,"sku":"9781941147627","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_097a20b3-4b72-46a2-a377-99a889b6c68f.jpg?v=1730249570","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-lovers-left-alive-valancourt-20th-century-classics-9781941147627","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}