{"product_id":"9781784879051","title":"Disgrace : A BBC Radio 4 Good Read","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Coetzee, J.M. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eRepublic of South Africa\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 July 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 14 | 174g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter years teaching Romantic poetry in Cape Town, David Lurie has an impulsive affair with a student.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy’s isolated smallholding. For a time, his daughter’s influence and the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great novel by one of the finest authors writing in the English language today The TimesAt the frontier of world literature Sunday Telegraph**One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54805093450103,"sku":"9781784879051","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781784879051.jpg?v=1741631284","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781784879051","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}