{"product_id":"black-bag","title":"Black Bag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph of deadpan comedy . . . As surreal and ambitious as Tom McCarthy's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemainder\u003c\/i\u003e, only written by someone with the comic instincts of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeep Show\u003c\/i\u003e's Jesse Armstrong'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious and poignant . . . Luke's prose ripples with unusual images and wry aphorisms. An ode to the importance of friendship, tenderness and love'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With all the fuss about the manosphere,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Bag\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecomes as comic relief . . . profound as well as funny'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStandard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Had me laughing from page one'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very, very funny' GQ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Winningly wry, both vulnerable and dyspeptic'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA penniless and out-of-work actor picks up a job working for Dr Blend, a university professor who is conducting a psychological experiment. How will Dr Blend's students react to someone zipped into on oversized bag, sitting at the back of the lecture hall over a series of autumn term lectures? The role, eagerly accepted, soon has unexpected consequences. A professor of post-humanism develops research questions of her own, in particular can you love someone secreted away inside a black bag? Meanwhile, the actor's childhood friend and flatmate forms a vision for monetising this new situation . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Bag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece from one of the best writers at work today . . . Wildly original and funny, yet always underpinned by depth of feeling, this is a novel like no other'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOE DUNTHORNE, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSubmarine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\/pages\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardback \/ 400 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399826112\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: John Murray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luke Kennard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54597938151757,"sku":"9781399826112","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/9325\/3689\/files\/hbg-title-black-bag-112.webp?v=1787908450","url":"https:\/\/knygynas.biz\/products\/black-bag","provider":"Knygynas eureka!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}