{"product_id":"late-by-michael-fitzgerald-9781923023024","title":"Late","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'So, was it hard to pretend I was \"dead\"? Well, my motivation was abundant; it was splendiferous, endless, you might say.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn American actress, renowned for being late, is living with her two cats in a modernist clifftop apartment in Sydney in the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe recounting of her story is prompted by the arrival of an old typewriter and a book addressed to Zelda Zonk, and by the arrival of a young man called Daniel, who is locked out while house-sitting her neighbour's apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, Zelda and Daniel form an unlikely but close bond as they go walking, prepare dinner for Shabbat, traverse Sydney Harbour on a ferry, and talk about their lives. Part of their bond is the discovery that they are both orphans. Daniel is also a habitué of the nearby sandstone cliffs where men have mysteriously gone missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLate\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Fitzgerald superbly captures the literary spirit and sensibility of an ageing woman and icon who has escaped celebrity. It is a haunting and lyrical novel about art, friendship, and confronting our fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A big swing that works beautifully. Fitzgerald's affection and respect for his subject, whom we all know and don't know at all, results in a voice that rings true: warm, tender, passionate, smart, self-aware and very, very witty.' - C. J. Johnson, President of the Film Critics Circle of Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deeply referential, dramatic and allusive, \u003ci\u003eLate\u003c\/i\u003e balances on a tightrope between present and past lives, public and private roles. A riveting mystery unfolds. In the process, the author delivers a meditation on celebrity and a love song to Sydney.' - Catherine Phil MacCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Room an Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712147378412,"sku":"9781923023024","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18641363482872.jpg?v=1754279432","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/late-by-michael-fitzgerald-9781923023024","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}