{"product_id":"9780008800994","title":"Half His Age","description":"Author: Jennette McCurdy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008800994\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalf His Age\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eI'm Glad My Mom Died.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'SHOCKING, HONEST AND UNSPARING' \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES STYLE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A HILARIOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE TRIUMPH' \u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'EERIE, UNSETTLING AND BELIEVABLE' GILLIAN FLYNN, AUTHOR OF \u003cem\u003eGONE GIRL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE' ELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStartlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, \u003cem\u003eHalf His Age\u003c\/em\u003e is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SHOCKING AND DARKLY COMIC' \u003cem\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665366470814,"sku":"HPC-9780008800994","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008800994.jpg?v=1775102412","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008800994","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}