{"product_id":"the-passenger-seat-by-vijay-khurana-9781761153792","title":"The Passenger Seat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NSW LITERARY AWARDS - CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Structurally ingenious, rendered in unusual and fine colours, buffed to a shine. A perfect debut novel, explicit in its excellence!’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApproaching the wrong person with open hands can be fatal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking escape from their small-town existence, two teenagers impulsively drive north, with no particular place to go and no particular sense of who is at the wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdam and Teddy hope to leave boyhood behind, but as the journey progresses their friendship becomes a struggle to prove themselves. When Adam harasses a young couple they meet on the highway, it lands them in trouble they cannot run from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn taut and stylish prose,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Passenger Seat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eexamines how men learn and perform masculinity. Rejecting easy answers, it keeps our eyes trained on the vanishing point where vulnerability edges into violence, alienation into aggression.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PASSENGER SEAT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A truly marvellous novel, one that rewards being read multiple times’ – \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Khurana’s prose enthrals, marked by a sharp social and sensory realism and a mature emotional intelligence’ – \u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘The most riveting book I read this year…’ – \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Khurana unfurls a gripping drama, a game of cat and mouse in \u003ci\u003eDeliverance\u003c\/i\u003e style primordial forests and dirt backroads where fragments of civilisation, and other humans, are glimpsed through the trees’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘So good it makes me angry’ – \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A tense and gripping power struggle of toxic masculinity, as the teenagers push each other further and further down a violent road of no return’ – \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘The real brilliance of this novel lies in its ambiguity.’ – \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘To read this novel feels like a constant acceleration, like putting your foot on the pedal and realising you do not know how to take it off. Your only choice is to speed into an inevitable crash.’ – \u003ci\u003eReadings Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘What begins as a rite of passage turns into surreal violence. Khurana’s prose flows with hypnotic force, concealing laconic undercurrents of menace and intrigue … Cinematic and subtle, fuelling both a slow burn and a slow turn, this is a deeply riveting and satisfying novel.’\u003c\/b\u003e – Brian Castro, author of \u003ci\u003eChinese Postman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘As honest as it is harrowing, \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger Seat\u003c\/i\u003e examines the psychology of two people in the process of making decisive mistakes, and never looks away. An exploration of how one thing leading to another soon gathers weight.’ – Max Easton, author of \u003ci\u003eParadise Estate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244646183148,"sku":"9781761153792","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761153792-the-passenger-seat-1.jpg?v=1788007853","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-passenger-seat-by-vijay-khurana-9781761153792","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}