The Flamethrowers (Kushner novel)
First edition hardcover | |
| Author | Rachel Kushner |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | April 2, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 400 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 1-439-14200-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 800031609 |
| 813.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3611.U7386F57 2013 |
| Preceded by | Telex from Cuba |
| Followed by | The Strange Case of Rachel K |
The Flamethrowers is a 2013 novel by American author Rachel Kushner, released on April 2, 2013 by Scribner.
The Flamethrowers follows a female artist in the 1970s. While writing the book, Kushner drew on personal experiences during and after college, as well as her interests in "motorcycles, art, revolution and radical politics." The book was selected as one of the "10 Best Books of 2013" by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. It was the subject of a literary spat between the coasts summarized in The New Republic, with the Los Angeles Review of Books attacking the New York Review of Books's review as sexist and unfair.