{"product_id":"9780879519209","title":"Flesh Guitar","description":"Guitar players change lives. Everybody knows that. Geoff Nicholson's deliriously funny \u003ci\u003eFlesh Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e is an overstimulated love letter to the guitar, complete with feedback, reverb, and special guest appearances, with a lead player the likes of whom has not been seen since Hendrix departed this earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto the Havoc Bar and Grill, an end-of-the-world watering hole on the outer fringes of the metropolis, walks the entertainment, Jenny Slade. She has the look down: beat-up leather jacket, motorcycle boots, cheekbones, and wild hair. But she's no ordinary guitar heroine. Her guitar is like none her audience has ever seen, part deadly weapon, part creature from some alien lagoon. Is that hair? Are those nipples? Is it flesh? Where does Jenny Slade come from? Where does she go? Geoff Nicholson fans know that wherever that is, the ride will be like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The electric guitar is Nicholson's latest test case and he nails it. \u003ci\u003eFlesh Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant and clever beyond your wildest dreams.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A blackly comic homage to Western culture's obsessive love affair with the electric guitar . . . always clever.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eFlesh Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e] should prove, once and for all, that Nicholson is incomparable.\"--\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoff Nicholson is the author of twelve novels, including \u003ci\u003eBleeding London\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. His short stories are widely published, and four of his novels have been optioned for film.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Overlook Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022406795504,"sku":"9780879519209","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879519209_p0.gif?v=1763846358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879519209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}