{"product_id":"the-rehearsal","title":"The Rehearsal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe debut novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries and Birnam Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a rumour spreads about a teacher sleeping with a student, a group of teenage girls are jolted into new awareness of their own vertiginous sexuality. Ripples move outward in unexpected directions: the saxophone teacher directs the girls in workshopping their desires, and the local drama school adapts the scandal for a show.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery action is a performance, and every platform a stage. The boundaries between private and public begin to dissolve – or perhaps were never there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhilarating and original, The Rehearsal is at once a tender evocation of its young protagonists and a shrewd exposé of emotional compromise. It reveals the singular daring that has defined Catton’s career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'As debuts go, this one is astral – as well as teasing, intelligent and knowing.' —Tom Adair, The Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The book of the year for me was without doubt The Rehearsal, by the preternaturally gifted New Zealand author Eleanor Catton . . . Perverse, erotic, complex, funny, experimental, and written with the confidence and courage of a true artist.' —Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The Rehearsal is controlled, elegant and utterly readable, even at its most slippery.' —Adrian Turpin, The Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49213469786335,"sku":"9781776923311","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781776923311TheRehearsalBformat.webp?v=1778979838","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-rehearsal","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}