{"product_id":"flamingoes-in-orbit-paperback","title":"Flamingoes in Orbit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Ridley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA teenager stares at his reflection and sees the Milky Way. A motorbike prowls and growls like a wild animal. A whale sings a song to end loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Ridley's collection of short stories - like his two adult novels, \u003cem\u003eCrocodilia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn the Eyes of Mr Fury\u003c\/em\u003e - became an instant cult classic when first published in 1990. Magical, poetic, heartbreaking and humorous, the sequence explores childhood, family life, romantic love in all its aspects - lost, unrequited, obsessional - and does so with a haunting mixture of both the barbaric and the beautiful that has become Ridley's trademark. In particular, these tales deal with the experience of growing up gay in a world still bristling with prejudice, and they sing and howl with the need for equality and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes two new stories, \"Alien Heart\" and \"Wonderful Insect\", and finally completes a seminal and compelling collection first begun over thirty years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ridley sets off a deliberate quiet and matter-of-fact prose against touches of glowing passion ...The stories achieve a startling variety. The power of the book as a whole, however, derives from the way in which these different voices blend in a single cry of frustration and regret.' - \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Menace lurks in the shady corners of family life ... Chilling.' - \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ridley is a visionary.' - \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712042799167,"sku":"9781948405058","price":43.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1376ebc061076bf5cd8b904e821dae9a.webp?v=1765060488","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/flamingoes-in-orbit-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}