{"product_id":"glitterati-paperback","title":"Glitterati - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/i\u003e meet \u003ci\u003eEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\u003c\/i\u003e in this fabulous dystopian fable about fashion, family and feckless billionaires.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimone is one of the Glitterati, the elite living lives of luxury and leisure. Slave to the ever-changing tides - and brutal judgements - of fashion, he is immaculate. To be anything else is to be unfashionable, and no one wants to be unfashionable, or even worse, ugly... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Simone accidentally starts a new fashion with a nosebleed at a party, another Glitterati takes the credit. Soon their rivalry threatens to raze their opulent utopia to the ground, as no one knows how to be vicious like the beautiful ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter a world of the most fantastic costumes, grand palaces in the sky, the grandest parties known to mankind and the unbreakable rules of how to eat ice cream. A fabulous dystopian fable about fashion, family and the feckless billionaire class.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver K. Langmead\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and poet based in Glasgow. His long-form poem, \u003ci\u003e Dark Star\u003c\/i\u003e, featured in the Guardian's Best Books of 2015. Oliver is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Glasgow, where he is researching terraforming and ecological philosophy, and in late 2018 he undertook a writing residency at the European Space Agency's Astronaut Centre in Cologne, writing about astronauts and people who work with astronauts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159336947847,"sku":"9781789097962","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/23c69073e10865a93bc258dd0415124c.webp?v=1733265869","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/glitterati-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}