{"product_id":"byung-chul-han-capitalism-and-the-death-drive-copy","title":"Jennifer Gibbons: Discomania","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStrange Attractor Press, 2026, softcover, 144 pages, 12.7 x 19.1 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003eyoung woman discovers that dancers at a local discotheque are being driven to acts of insane violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The place was full of swarming, pugnacious, dangerous missellneous reptile's... Teenager's everywhere pounded their way on top of each other crazily strangling, biting and slashing each other's with broken glass, smashed records or sharpened blades... \" \u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16-year-old Jennifer Gibbons (1963-1993) wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1980, alongside her twin sister June-Alison, who was also writing her own novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pepsi Cola Addict\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in the bedroom that they shared.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJennifer offered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the same English vanity press who would publish June-Alison's book, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDiscomania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was turned down for being \"too violent, too sexual, and too futuristic.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong thought to have been lost or destroyed, June-Alison had in fact preserved the typescript of this unique, furious, funny, and strange novel, which we present with her blessing, alongside additional texts from June-Alison, and editors David Tibet and Ania Goszczyńska.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58775197286784,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/81W9Zbji0QL._SY522.jpg?v=1787669172","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/byung-chul-han-capitalism-and-the-death-drive-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}