{"product_id":"9781526612656","title":"Brother of the More Famous Jack: The 40th anniversary edition of a classic, with new introductions by Rachel Cusk  Maria Semple","description":"Author: Trapido, Barbara\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526612656\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime**\u003cbr\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that are as thoroughly realised, as brilliantly lewd, and as hilariously satisfying to men and women of all ages as this one\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eRachel Cusk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEighteen-year-old Katherine - bright, stylish, frustratedly suburban - doesn't know how her life will change when the brilliant Jacob Goldman first offers her a place at university. When she enters the Goldmans' rambling bohemian home, presided over by the beatific matriarch Jane, she realises that Jacob and his family are everything she has been waiting for.\u003cbr\u003eBut when a romantic entanglement ends in tears, Katherine is forced into exile from the family she loves most. And her journey back into the fold, after more than a decade away, will yield all kinds of delightful surprises...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Meg Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best possible company in this difficult world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daisy bomb of joy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Maria Semple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, charming, teeming with life, and real\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I adored it   - Redolent of classics like\u003ci\u003e The Constant Nymph \u003c\/i\u003ewith both its true voice and wonderfully sage and sanguine heroine' \u003c\/b\u003e- Sophie Dahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of those books that when people have read it, they just push it into your hands silently- \"You have to read this book, you will love this book.\" There\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es no other book I love more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Caroline O'Donoghue, \u003ci\u003eSentimental Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading it again is as comforting as eating toast and Marmite between clean, fresh sheets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e - Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThink \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e set in the 1970s, only sexier and much funnier. It kills me that I didn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003et read it at university, when I really needed it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- Meg Rosoff, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629814665374,"sku":"UBD-9781526612656","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526612656.jpg?v=1774221875","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526612656","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}