{"product_id":"black-bag-9781399826112","title":"Black Bag","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9781399826112?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA penniless and out-of-work actor picks up a job working for Dr Blend, a university professor who is conducting a psychological experiment. How will Dr Blend's students react to someone zipped into an oversized bag, sitting at the back of the lecture hall over a series of autumn term lectures? The role, eagerly accepted, soon has unexpected consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA professor of post-humanism develops research questions of her own, in particular, can you love someone secreted away inside a black bag? Meanwhile, the actor's childhood friend and flatmate forms a vision for monetising this new situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story, Black Bag is a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The funniest and smartest novel I've read in a while' Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Luke Kennard\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 Mar 2026 by John Murray.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Luke Kennard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312864829818,"sku":"9781399826112","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781399826112.jpg?v=1790527229","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-bag-9781399826112","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}