{"product_id":"9781471187322","title":"Waterland","description":"Author: Swift, Graham\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781471187322\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 7.795 inches x 5.118 inches x 1.398 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Booker Shortlisted Modern Classic from the author of Last Orders, Mothering Sunday and Here We Are\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n One summer morning in 1943, lock-keeper Henry Crick finds the drowned body of a sixteen-year-old boy. Nearly forty years later, his son Tom, a history teacher, is driven by a bizarre marital crisis and the provocation of one of his students to forsake the formal teaching of history—and tell stories . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eWaterland\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of modern fiction: a vision of England seen through its mysterious, amphibious Fen country; a sinuous meditation on the workings of time; a tale of two families, startling in its twists and turns and universal in its reach. Compulsively readable, it is a novel of resonant depth and encyclopaedic richness, mixing human and natural history and exploring the tragic forces that take us both forwards and back. It is also a book about beer, eels, the French Revolution, the end of the world, windmills, will-o’-the-wisps, murder, love, education, curiosity and—supremely—the malign and merciful element of water.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e‘A quite brilliant novel’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e‘Inspired’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42536410349726,"sku":"HPC-9781471187322","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781471187322.jpg?v=1681024327","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781471187322","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}