{"product_id":"9781471188961","title":"Here We Are","description":"Author: Swift, Graham\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781471188961\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 7.795 inches x 5.118 inches x 0.591 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary new novel from the winner of the Booker Prize in 1996 for \u003ci\u003eLast Orders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n It is Brighton, 1959, and the theatre at the end of the pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing audiences each night. Meanwhile, Jack – Jack Robinson, as in ‘before you can say’ – is everyone’s favourite compère, a born entertainer, holding the whole show together.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n As the summer progresses, the off-stage drama between the three begins to overshadow their theatrical success, and events unfold which will have lasting consequences for all their futures.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003ePraise for Mothering Sunday:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n 'Bathed in light; and even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly… Swift’s small fiction feels like a masterpiece’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘Alive with sensuousness and sensuality … wonderfully accomplished, it is an achievement’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘From start to finish Swift’s is a novel of stylish brilliance and quiet narrative verve. The archly modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green and Kazuo Ishiguro) is a glory to read.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Swift is a writer at the very top of his game’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘\u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful, philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives – the parallel stories – we can never know … It may just be Swift’s best novel yet’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42540459229342,"sku":"HPC-9781471188961","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781471188961.jpg?v=1681259756","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781471188961","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}