The Mars Room
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Mars Room is a 2018 novel by Rachel Kushner, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Romy Hall, a former San Francisco stripper, begins two consecutive life sentences at a women's prison in California's Central Valley. Through her and the people around her, Kushner portrays incarceration, poverty and the limits of choice.
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- Stephen King: “THE MARS ROOM, by Rachel Kushner. Most literary fiction doesn't last very long. This is going to be around. It's the real deal. Jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny. BTW, Kushner reads the audio, and knocks it out of the park.”