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The Flamethrowers
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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The Flamethrowers
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Publisher's Summary
National Book Award finalist
Named One of the 10 Best Books by The New York Times Book Review
New York Magazine’s Number One Book of the Year
Best Book of 2013 by: The Wall Street Journal; Vogue; O, The Oprah Magazine; Los Angeles Times; The San Francisco Chronicle; The New Yorker; Time; Flavorwire; Salon; Slate; The Daily Beast
“Superb.... Scintillatingly alive.... A pure explosion of now.” (The New Yorker)
Reno, so-called because of the place of her birth, comes to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity—artists colonize a deserted and industrial SoHo, stage actions in the East Village, blur the line between life and art. Reno is submitted to a sentimental education of sorts—by dreamers, poseurs, and raconteurs in New York and by radicals in Italy, where she goes with her lover to meet his estranged and formidable family. Ardent, vulnerable, and bold, Reno is a fiercely memorable observer, superbly realized by Rachel Kushner.