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The Mars Room

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

by Rachel Kushner

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


A fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers.

'Astounding... this year's must-read' ANNE ENRIGHT

Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.

Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside- the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson.

As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line - until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.

* Pre-order Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake, now *

'Breathtaking' VOGUE
'One of our most outstanding modern writers' STYLIST
'Gritty, empathetic, finely rendered' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)
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Pages:

352

Published:

7 Mar 2019

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Vintage

ISBN:

9780099589969

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


A fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers.



'Astounding... this year's must-read'
ANNE ENRIGHT

Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.

Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside- the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson.

As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line - until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.

* Pre-order Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake, now *



'Breathtaking'
VOGUE



'One of our most outstanding modern writers'
STYLIST



'Gritty, empathetic, finely rendered'
MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)
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