{"product_id":"9780007309214","title":"This Is the Life","description":"Author: O'Neill, Joseph\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780007309214\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 220\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197mm x 124mm x 15mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eThe debut novel from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard \u0026amp; Judy pick, ‘Netherland’.\u003cbr\u003e\n James Jones is slipping steadily through life. He has a steady job as a junior partner at a solicitor's firm, a steady girlfriend and a steady mortgage. Nothing much is happening in Jones's life but he really doesn't mind – this is exactly the way he likes it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMichael Donovan, meanwhile, is a star – a world-class international lawyer and advocate – he's everything Jones wanted to be and isn't. Jones was once Donovan's pupil and, for a while, it looked like he too would make his name – but he left that high-powered world behind a long time ago, or so he thought.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOne day Jones reads in the paper that Donovan has collapsed in court – then, out of the blue, Donovan contacts him; he has a job he needs Jones to work on…\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJoseph O'Neill's debut is wonderfully clever and comic novel – about ambitions and aspirations and the realities that they inevitably collide with.","brand":"Print on demand - ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42540410306718,"sku":"HPC-9780007309214","price":17.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9780007309214.jpg?v=1681257975","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780007309214","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}