{"product_id":"9780241301197","title":"Confessions of a Mask","description":"Author: Mishima, Yukio\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241301197\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dawning of a young man's homosexual and sadistic desires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Japanese teenager is overcome with longing for his male classmate. Each night he imagines his body punctured with arrows, like the body of St Sebastian in Guido Reni's painting; the objects of our hero's desire are tortured, killed and maimed, over and over again each night in his private fantasies. He must hide his lust from a homophobic and stiflingly conventional Japan. Self-loathing and desperate, he begins acting out a love affair with the sister of a school friend, while grappling with his hidden desires under the shadow of a Japan under threat from World War Two.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171417763998,"sku":"UBD-9780241301197","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241301197.jpg?v=1787220768","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241301197","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}