{"product_id":"body-double-by-hanna-johansson","title":"Body Double by Hanna Johansson","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eA surreal thriller that blurs the lines between lies and truth, between the selves we conceal and the faces we show the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs winter descends and the city fills with the scent of woodsmoke, a young transcriber follows the same routine each day. She collects tapes from a ghostwriter's office, stops for an espresso and croissant, and returns home to type out the voices of strangers - stories that will become someone else's novels. Her solitary life is predictable, unremarkable ... until the day she hears something different on the tapes: a message meant only for her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the city, two women, Laura and Naomi, accidentally swap coats at a department store cafe. This brief encounter sparks something electric and strange, and soon, Laura has moved in with Naomi. As the days pass, she begins to mirror her more and more closely - her gestures, her habits, her very essence. Slowly, deliberately, Laura starts to take over Naomi's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the transcriber makes a disturbing discovery: she is beginning to disappear ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Closer to Ingmar Bergman's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003ePersona\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e than it is to, say, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eSingle White Female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, this is a disconcerting doppelganger novel that splinters into a dual tale of betrayal and uncertainty in romance and in literary art.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Cameron Woodhead, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Entrancing and eerie, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eBody Double\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e pulses with atmosphere. Fans of filmmakers like Krzysztof Kieślowski (the 'Three Colours' trilogy) may recognise something like his films here. The gorgeously noirish narrative even makes reference to a lipstick, Veronique - a possible reference to Kieślowski's 1991 film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eThe Double Life of Veronique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e ... Johansson's metaphysical thriller makes you question the limits of personhood and individuality. As she ratchets up the creepiness, you can't look away.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Declan Fry, ABC News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Johansson's debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, was a slow burn, sensual, and troubling. Her follow-up - a thriller about two young women who spark up a suffocating romance after one accidentally takes the other's coat in a cafe - sounds a little like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eSingle White Female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, a little like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eVertigo,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e and exactly like the queer doppelg nger story I've been dying to read.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Jasmine Vojdani, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eVulture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590873608280,"sku":"9781761381942","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781761381942_1.jpg?v=1786596020","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/body-double-by-hanna-johansson","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}