Slipping by Lauren Beukes
A Punk Lolita fighter-pilot rescues Tokyo from a marauding art installation. Corporate recruits harvest poisonous plants on an inhospitable planet. An inquisitive adolescent ghost disrupts the life of a young architect. Product loyalty is addictive when the brand appears under one's skin. Award-winning Cape Town author and journalist Lauren Beukes (Zoo City, Moxyland, Broken Monsters) spares no targets in this edgy and satiric retrospective collection. In her fiction and nonfiction, ranging from Johannesburg across the galaxy, Beukes is a fierce, captivating presence throughout the literary landscape.Lauren Beukes is a novelist, comic book creator, and screenwriter. She's the author of the critically praised international bestseller Broken Monsters, the time-traveling serial killer thriller The Shining Girls, the phantasmagorical Johannesburg noir Zoo City, which won the 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award, and the neo-political thriller Moxyland. She worked as a journalist and show runner on one of South Africa's most popular animated TV shows, directed an award-winning documentary, and wrote Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom, a New York Times bestselling graphic novel. She resides in the South African city of Cape Town.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616962401 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616962402 |
| Title | Slipping |
| Author | Lauren Beukes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tachyon Publications |
| Year published | 2016-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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