{"product_id":"9781784879723","title":"The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea : Vintage Quarterbound Classics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Mishima, Yukio \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 April 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Vintage Quarterbound Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 128 | 220g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautifulA beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mishima's greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century' The TimesA band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of youth and warped masculinity, rediscover the suspensful and deeply ominious classic with this special edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A page-turning novel...a timeless classic' IndependentVintage Quarterbound Classics- Bound to be beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779591430384,"sku":"9781784879723","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781784879723_747b3e80-c172-4cf5-8024-7a26f578b3ec.jpg?v=1713544784","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781784879723","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}