{"product_id":"gunk-baby-paperback","title":"Gunk Baby - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Marina Lau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Lau's] gift for writing accumulative insanities creates the same dizzying effect as a good cleaning.\" --Alexandra Tanner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dissociative meditation on a world that has come to feel increasingly meaningless . . . [Lau's] prose combines the languid torpor of Michael Bible with the unease of Yoko Ogawa's more macabre work.\" ―Declan Fry, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA black comedy workplace thriller set in a sprawling indoor shopping mall about a cabal of low-wage workers who plot violent acts of \"resistance\" against their managers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the suburb of Par Mars stand a pair of identical shopping centers, each with the same harsh, fluorescent lights, climate-controlled environment, and monotonous encounters between employees and shoppers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReviving an ancient Chinese ritual passed down by her mother, twenty-four-year-old Leen has opened an ear-cleaning and massage studio in the Topic Heights Shopping Center. But the social fabric of Par Mars is coming loose, and a quiet unrest is growing among the mall's low-wage workers as store managers begin to fall victim to increasingly brutal and spontaneous attacks. When Leen befriends Jean Paul, a pharmacist enmeshed in a cryptic online community, she finds herself embroiled in a troubling plot to disrupt the routines of the town's banal consumer culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith fierce intellect, sharp wit, and original prose, Jamie Marina Lau interprets and vividly portrays the everyday violence and toil of contemporary working life. Encapsulating millennial ennui and middle-class boredom, \u003ci\u003eGunk Baby\u003c\/i\u003e is an inventive and deliberate novel from a fresh, new, exciting voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie Marina Lau is a twenty-five-year-old multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePink Mountain on Locust Island\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2018 Melbourne Prize Readings Residency Award and was shortlisted for many others. In 2019, She received the title of Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist. Her writing can also be found in various publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.25 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253298708729,"sku":"9781662601453","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QXlxQkhlOUZmb2ZHc3dCQ1dYRkJjZz09.webp?v=1768700051","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gunk-baby-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}