{"product_id":"9780099593690","title":"All That Man Is","description":"Author: Szalay, David\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099593690\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Apr 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMen as they really are... An ingenious book from the exceptional \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003eBest Young British Novelist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eFLESH\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Increasingly looking like the masterpiece of British fiction from the past few years' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving - in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel - to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing an arc from the spring of youth to the winter of old age, \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e brings these separate lives together to show us men as they are - ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable; vital, pitiable, hilarious, and full of heartfelt longing. And as the years chase them down, the stakes become bewilderingly high in this piercing portrayal of 21st-century manhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE EDGE HILL READER'S CHOICE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Some of the best prose to be found in English this year' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exact and true and always subtly intelligent' Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's a rare and wonderous event when a novel changes the way you look at the world around you' William Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48165332156574,"sku":"UBD-9780099593690","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099593690.jpg?v=1787134599","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099593690","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}