Fallout - (P.S. (Paperback)) by Sadie Jones (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A love story set in the gritty yet magnificent theater world of 1970's London"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A deeply affecting love story set in the gritty yet magnificent theater world of 1970's London by the award-winning, bestselling Sadie Jones, author of <em>The Uninvited Guests</em> and <em>The Outcast</em></strong></p><p>Luke is a young playwright: intense, magnetic and hungry for experience. Fleeing a disastrous upbringing, he arrives in London and moves into a flat with Paul, an aspiring producer, and the beautiful, fiery Leigh. The three of them set up a radical theatre company, their friendship forged in rehearsal rooms above pubs, candlelit power cuts, and smoky late-night parties, part of a thrilling new generation of writers, directors, and rising voices. When Nina, a fragile actress, strays towards their group, Luke is captivated by the allure of a kindred damaged soul, and the balance between the friends is threatened. Torn between loyalty, desire, and his own painful past, everything Luke values, even the promise of the future, is in danger. Suddenly the fallout threatens to be immense.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Luke is a young playwright--intense, magnetic, and eager for life. He escapes a disastrous upbringing in the northeast and, arriving in London, meets Paul Driscoll, an aspiring producer, and the beautiful, fiery Leigh Radley, the woman Paul loves. </p><p>The three set up a radical theater company, living and working together, forging a romantic connection in candlelit rehearsal rooms during power cuts and smoky late-night parties in Chelsea's run-down flats. The gritty rebellion of pub theater is fighting for its place against a West End dominated by racy revue shows and the giants of twentieth-century drama. </p><p>Nina Jacobs is a fragile actress, bullied by her mother and in thrall to a controlling producer. When Luke meets Nina, he recognizes a soul in danger--but how much must he risk to save her?</p><p>Everything he has fought for--loyalty, friendship, art--is drawn into the heat of their collision. Now everything Luke values, even the promise of the future, is in danger. Suddenly the fallout threatens to be immense.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The novel is at its best when the characters quietly seek an audience for their pleasures, their pains, and the 'more permanent wounds of their longer lives waiting, undiscovered.'"--<em>New Yorker</em><br><br>"Jones highlights beautifully the energetic, naive, cheap red-wine fug of the Seventies start-up, and its decadent antithesis, the emptiness of fatally compromised success."--Catherine Taylor, <i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>"[Fallout] cements her reputation as a writer in the style of William Boyd; able to take on a variety of styles and mould them to her own voice."--<i>Red</i><br><br>"An enthralling tale of lust, ambition and friendship."--<i>Hello!</i><br><br>"An intelligent, pacy tale of pretty, talented people, striving for recognition but held back by their past.... Every summer needs a One Day-style read; this book is a contender for that crown."--Anne Ashworth, <i>The Times</i><br><br>"An intoxicating and immersive read... It is a fraught and compelling novel; one that replays itself uncomfortably in the mind long after it is finished."--Lucy Atkins, <i>The Sunday Times</i><br><br>"An intoxicating, deeply romantic novel of theater, love, and friendship...With both microscopic precision and operatic emotions, Sadie Jones perfectly captures the exhilaration of the young and the talented as they find their footing in both art and love."--<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)<br><br>"Beautifully written... An intense and absorbing story."--Deirdre O'Brien, <i>Sunday Mirror</i><br><br>"Emotionally charged."--<i>Glamour</i><br><br>"Engrossing...Jones's talent emerges most in the absorbing plot, which convincingly shows how friends can be torn apart by lust and ambition."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>"Fallout is both deliciously gobble-able and carefully constructed."--Holly Williams, <i>Independent on Sunday</i><br><br>"Jones is unflinching as she plots the course of fallout with no shelter, of wounded lives undone by desperation in love and art."--<i>The New York Times</i><br><br>"Jones's intricate, complex plot, sympathetically drawn characters, and authentic depictions of damaged genius make an unassailable claim for the power of a writer's detailed observation in the face of formula fiction."--<i>Library Journal</i><br><br>"On a par with the Barneses and McEwans of this parish... Jones's gift - like all great writers - is to leave us wanting so desperately to believe that the story will continue without us once the scenery has been cleared away."--Elizabeth Day, <i>Observer</i><br><br>"Sadie Jones has an unerring ability to delve into the depths of characters and reveal both their strengths and their weaknesses."--Di Speirs in <i>Psychologies</i><br><br>"The strength of Fallout is the insistent thread of hope that runs through all the humiliation and bad behavior. The result is...a fuller, more emotionally satisfying story."--<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br><br>"This absorbing and romantic novel about love, art and the importance of being true to yourself will draw you in and keep you there until the very last page."--Mernie Gilmore, <i>Express</i><br><br>"[A] wonderful read. Surprising depth of character, accidents of fate that feel like life, and emotional FALLOUT that heralds new maturity, make this a very satisfying novel."--Not Another Book Review (Blog)<br>
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