{"product_id":"9781925355727","title":"A Little Tea, a Little Chat: Text Classics","description":"Author: Stead, Christina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925355727\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by David Malouf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since his early manhood, since his marriage, he had bought women; most had been bargains and most had made delivery at once. He never paid in advance: 'I got no time for futures in women'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York, on the cusp of World War II. Robert Grant, a middle-aged businessman, lives life by his own rules. His chief hobbies are moneymaking and seduction; he is always on the hunt for the next woman to beguile and betray. That is, until he meets his match: Barbara, the 'blondine', a woman he cannot best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sardonic commentary on sexual relations and war as potent as when it was first published in 1948, A Little Tea, a Little Chat holds up a mirror to the corruption and cravenness of our late-capitalist moment.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171381883038,"sku":"UBD-9781925355727","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925355727.jpg?v=1787219882","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925355727","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}