{"product_id":"9781471152238","title":"Work Like Any Other","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Placing itself perfectly alongside acclaimed work by Philipp Meyer, Jane Smiley and J M Coetzee, this debut novel charts the story of Roscoe T Martin in rural Alabama in the 1920s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Roscoe has set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the 20th century: electricity. It becomes his training, his life's work. But when his wife Marie inherits her father's failing farm, Roscoe has to give it up, with great cost to his pride and sense of self, his marriage and his family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Realising that he might lose them all, he uses his skills as an electrician to siphon energy from the state, ushering in a period of bounty and happiness on a farm recently falling to ruin. Even the love of Marie and their son seems back within Roscoe's grasp.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Then everything changes. A young man is electrocuted on their land. Roscoe is arrested for manslaughter and - no longer an electrician or even a farmer - he must now carve out a place in a violent new world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously spare and brilliantly insightful, \u003ci\u003eWork Like Any Other\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of family and guilt, and learning how to escape them . . .Virginia Reeves is a major new talent' Philipp Meyer, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An exceptional novel . . . I absolutely loved it' Kevin Powers, author of\u003ci\u003e The Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Assured and absorbing . . . a potent mix of icy honesty and heart-wrenching tenderness' Jim Crace, author of \u003ci\u003eHarvest\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Being Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781471152238\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 01-04-2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virginia Reeves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42778789707945,"sku":"9781471152238","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/Uk1Y9nnuVgyDdwDYK3EUn8S1flBzh1H2SRC3QciOgTcExQ_60_60.jpg?v=1669695025","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/9781471152238","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}