{"product_id":"white-noise-ballrooms-stephen-barber-9783035800302","title":"White Noise Ballrooms","description":"\"The devil is at our heels . . . . at the heart of the city's aberrations.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Picture a lost city in northern England during the momentous winter of 1978--the final winter before the onset of the Thatcher era, at the peak of the punk rock movement. A notorious serial killer--the Yorkshire Ripper--terrorizes the city's women, unhindered by an aimless police force. Violent outbursts of gang warfare transect the city's streets while an immense insane asylum overlooks the chaos from the outskirts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This innovative and disturbing novel follows a group of teens as they engulf themselves in punk-rock cacophonies and the accompanying riots that erupt in the city's decrepit hotel ballrooms and subterranean nightclubs. Written in a captivating, immersive first-person voice that meshes raw corporeality and urban insurgency, \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise Ballrooms\u003c\/i\u003e deploys recent history to piercingly illuminate the contemporary moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Barber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3035800308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783035800302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diaphanes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen Barber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519755399423,"sku":"9783035800302","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f9c051a-5a55-4ead-bf60-056cbe88824b.jpg?v=1778738619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-noise-ballrooms-stephen-barber-9783035800302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}