{"product_id":"9781529940329","title":"The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter","description":"A group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman in this electric novel of secrets, connection and community.   **A ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB PICK** `Absolutely unputdownable' CLAIRE LOMBARDO, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had `Riveting and original' CHARMAINE WILKERSON, author of Black Cake Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his blonde, blue-eyed, pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown. Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege: not Xavier, the restless teenager in the Cardi B t-shirt, nor Darla's black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi, who stay behind to save their restaurant.    During an upstate hike, Theo lets slip a long-held secret about his mixed-up ancestry. When Darla disappears after the ensuing argument, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a front-page police search for the perfect missing woman. `A lush study of relationships' RAVEN LEILANI, author of Luster `As gripping as it is clever' i PAPER `Astounding. We're so lucky to have it' BRYAN WASHINGTON, author of Memorial `A marvel. A masterpiece' PAUL HARDING, author of This Other Eden `Glorious' GARY SHTEYNGART, author of Our Country Friends\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55897462112629,"sku":"9781529940329","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529940329.jpg?v=1757000661","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529940329","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}