{"product_id":"set-my-heart-on-fire-9781804293300","title":"Set My Heart on Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from Izumi Suzuki to be published in English: a candid, intimate exploration of passion, music and transgression\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope I'm in for a good time, I thought. Even if it's just for tonight.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo, \u003ci\u003eSet My Heart On Fire\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Izumi in her turbulent twenties. Through a series of disarmingly frank vignettes, author Izumi Suzuki presents an unforgettable portrait of a young woman encountering missteps and miscommunication, good music and unreliable men, powerful drugs and disorientating meds. Izumi usually keeps her relationships short but complicated, until she meets Jun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet My Heart on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a visceral novel about mistaken relationships and the convolutions of desire, about regret and acceptance. Pulsing through the narration is the protagonist's love of music, a vital soundtrack spanning the Zombies, T. Rex and the Rolling Stones as well as underground Japanese psychedelic-rock bands such as the Tigers and the Tempters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIzumi Suzuki (1949-1986)\u003c\/b\u003e was a countercultural icon and a pioneer of Japanese science fiction. She worked as a keypunch operator before finding fame as a model and actress, but it was her writing that secured her reputation. She took her own life at the age of thirty-six.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874819019026,"sku":"9781804293300","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aa06bec8-3478-4753-9839-a7a1552f042c.jpg?v=1738007621","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/set-my-heart-on-fire-9781804293300","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}