{"product_id":"three-burials-9780241638798","title":"Three Burials","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary . . . both a madcap crime caper and a savage state-of-the-nation novel . . . Anders Lustgarten writes like a man possessed: bursting with energy' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from award-winning playwright Anders Lustgarten \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Cherry, a bandit queen on the run, driving a pink soft-top convertible through the badlands of South-East England. She's never felt more \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e in her life - except there are three of them in the car and one of them is dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did a head nurse and mother of two end up driving a handcuffed policeman and the corpse of a murdered refugee on a journey to find justice? Pursued by a racist, roid-raged, shaven-headed officer of the law - not to mention by her husband and daughter - what else can a woman with a conscience do in modern Britain? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrilling, radical and darkly comedic, Anders Lustgarten's open-hearted storm of a book explores pressing political concerns with clear-sightedness and holds a mirror up to contemporary Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An irreverent, tragicomic tour de force as absurd and as urgent as hope . . . Lustgarten's novel is comedy as weapon and deep moral inquiry' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnders Lustgarten is a playwright and novelist. He won the Catherine Johnson Award for \u003ci\u003eA Day at the Racists\u003c\/i\u003e and won the Harold Pinter Playwriting Award for \u003ci\u003eIf You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e. His play \u003ci\u003eLampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e has been performed in forty countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrior to becoming a writer, Anders was an international 400m runner and a teacher of people on death row in California. \u003ci\u003eThree Burials\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526646337810,"sku":"9780241638798","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e809e26c-aebb-4962-8e33-a53df85ab633.jpg?v=1731281200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-burials-9780241638798","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}