{"product_id":"suckers-anne-billson-9781502547507","title":"Suckers","description":"'Everywhere you looked, there would be women dressed in black - white faces, black hair, mouths painted scarlet. It was The Look. You saw it on the street. You saw it on the covers of magazines. You saw it presenting arts programmes on TV. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd some of us saw it in our nightmares...' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnne Billson's debut novel, described by Christopher Fowler in Time Out as 'dark, sharp, chic and very funny', is set at the end of the 'greed is good' era, and features a gothic love triangle between a man, a woman and the 300-year-old vampire they chopped into pieces a decade earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut now she's back, and this time she's building a bloodsucking empire... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Billson honours the rules of the genre, then proceeds to have fun with them... Dark, sharp, chic and very funny' (Christopher Fowler - Time Out) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A superb satirist' (Salman Rushdie) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Merits a post position on everybody's reading list, even those who don't usually like vampire stories. It isn't splatter fiction; it's an honest piece of literature' (Michael Wood - London Review of Books) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Enchanting and ominous at the same time: a rare and impressive piece of literary juggling' (Jonathan Carroll) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A distinctive, original and refreshing debut' (Kim Newman - Starburst) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A black and bloody celebration of wit, womanhood and slapstick, beautifully sustained to a thoroughly satisfying climax' (Chris Gilmore - Interzone)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Billson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1502547503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781502547507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.69d","brand":"Anne Billson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064597569791,"sku":"9781502547507","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7668fe70-560d-4569-9eaa-953e8337fbeb.jpg?v=1712124648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/suckers-anne-billson-9781502547507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}