{"product_id":"nedbeaumantheteleportationaccident","title":"Ned Beauman - The Teleportation Accident","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Ned Beauman. Themes include Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNed Beauman Has Been Named As One Of Granta Magazine's Best Of Young British Novelists 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted For The 2012 Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Book Of The Year\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Book Of The Year\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e Book Of The Year\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The fantastically inventive, ingenious and hilarious second novel from Ned Beauman, author of the acclaimed and prizewinning Boxer, Beetle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e History Happened While You Were Hungover\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing\u003cbr\u003e that could ever happen to anyone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theatres of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of Los Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: whether it was really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, the great Renaissance stage designer Adriano Lavicini; and why a handsome, clever, charming, modest guy like him can't, just once in a while, get himself laid.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the author of the acclaimed Boxer, Beetle comes a historical novel that doesn't know what year it is; a noir novel that turns all the lights on; a romance novel that arrives drunk to dinner; a science fiction novel that can't remember what 'isotope' means; a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Let's Hope The Party Was Worth It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58001334010230,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780340998441.jpg?v=1780397393","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/nedbeaumantheteleportationaccident","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}