![]() ![]() ![]() Kushner writes well and plunges us deeply into the disparate worlds of the New York City art scene, European political radicalism and the exhilarating rush of motorcycles." - Kirkus Kushner's psychological explorations of her characters are incisive, the novel is peppered with subtle '70s details, and it bursts with you-are-there depictions of its time and places." - Publishers Weekly In the center of it all is Kushner's brilliantly realized protagonist, a young woman on the verge. The Flamethrowers is a fearless novel, an intensely engaging exploration of the mystique of the feminine, the fake, the terrorist. Betrayal sends her reeling into a clandestine undertow. When they visit Sandro's family home in Italy, Reno falls in with members of the radical movement that overtook Italy in 1977. She begins an affair with an artist named Sandro Valera, the semi-estranged scion of an Italian tire and motorcycle empire. Reno falls in with group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world—artists have colonized a deserted and industrial Soho, are squatting in the East Village, and blurring the line between life and art. The year is 1977 and Reno - so-called because of the place of her birth - has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. ![]()
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