{"product_id":"lord-jim-at-home-9781946022646","title":"Lord Jim at Home","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A ferocious comedy of middle-class dysfunction . . . published to controversy in 1973 . . . A masterpiece.\" --Claire Allfree, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Dinah Brooke's second novel, \u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home, \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in 1973, it was described as \"squalid and startling,\" \"nastily horrific,\" and a \"monstrous parody\" of upper-middle class English life. It is the story of Giles Trenchard, who grows up isolated in an atmosphere of privilege and hidden violence; who goes to war, and returns; and then, one day--like the hero of Joseph Conrad's classic \u003ci\u003eLord Jim--\u003c\/i\u003ecommits an act that calls his past, his character, his whole world into question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of print for nearly half a century (and never published in the United States), \u003ci\u003eLord Jim at Home\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a daring writer long overdue for reappraisal, whose work has retained all its originality and power. As Ottessa Moshfegh writes in her foreword to this new edition, Brooke evokes childhood vulnerability and adult cruelty \"in a way that nice people are too polite to admit they understand.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dinah Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946022646","brand":"McNally Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707060785289,"sku":"9781946022646","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a1ef1f5f-f942-4b36-8e88-e557a3f25528.jpg?v=1719477752","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/lord-jim-at-home-9781946022646","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}