{"product_id":"i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-9780241756324","title":"I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roisin Lanigan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRenting is a nightmare...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eÁine should be feeling happy with her life. She’s just moved in with Elliot. Their new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios and organic vegetable shops. They even have a garden. And yet, from the moment they move in, Áine can't shake the sense that there's something not quite right about the place...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's not just the humourless estate agent and nameless landlord: it's the chill that seeps through the draughty windows; the damp spreading from the cellar door; the way the organic fruit and veg never lasts as long as it should. And most of all, it's the upstairs neighbours, whose very presence makes peaceful coexistence very difficult indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe longer Áine spends inside the flat - pretending to work from home; dissecting messages from the friends whose lives seem to have moved on without her - the less it feels like home. And as Áine fixates on the cracks in the ceiling, it becomes harder to ignore the cracks in her relationship with Elliott...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly observed and darkly funny, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Want to Go Home But I’m Already There\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a ghost story set in the rental crisis. A wonderfully clear-eyed portrait of loneliness, loss and belonging, it examines what it means to feel at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Absorbing and eerie ... Full of wry observations about the status markers of modern life ... A hugely enjoyable portrait of the horrors of renting' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant satire of London's horrific housing market ... It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003egot under my skin in a way that made me shiver' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A document of hellish times and a map of our relationships with others, ourselves, and our demons – metaphorical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e literal' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'One of the best things I've read on the psychological horrors of private renting, and what damp, overpriced flats can do to our emotional lives. Hilarious, horrifying, truly original. I loved it' Oisín McKenna, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEvenings and Weekends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Róisín Lanigan has been threatening to be the next great Irish writer for ages, so I'm glad she's finally sat down and done it' Joel Golby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45848154439831,"sku":"9780241756324","price":1137.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241756324.webp?v=1769297607","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/i-want-to-go-home-but-im-already-there-9780241756324","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}