{"product_id":"the-last-samurai","title":"The Last Samurai","description":"Author: DeWitt, Helen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784707965\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 496\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 33mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginally published in 2000 to international acclaim, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e is a paean to the power of language and learning - dazzling, delighting and inspiring a legion of readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fiercely intelligent, very funny and unlike anything else I've ever read' MARK HADDON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Original...witty...playful.a wonderfully funny book' JAMES WOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A triumph - a genuinely new story, a genuinely new form' A. S. BYATT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEleven-year-old Ludo is in search of a father. Raised singlehandedly by his mother Sibylla, Ludo's been reading Greek, Arabic, Japanese and a little Hebrew since the age of four; but reading Homer in the original whilst riding the Circle Line on the London Underground isn't enough to satisfy the boy's boundless curiosity. \u003ci\u003eIs\u003c\/i\u003e he a genius? A real-life child prodigy? He's grown up watching \u003ci\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e on a hypnotising loop - his mother's strategy to give him not one but seven male role models. And yet Ludo remains obsessed with the one thing his mother refuses to tell him- his real father's name. Let loose on London, Ludo sets out on a secret quest to find the last samurai - the father he never knew.","brand":"Ships in 4 to 7 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41702569312414,"sku":"UBD-9781784707965","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9781784707965.jpg?v=1653389725","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/the-last-samurai","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}