{"product_id":"9780141046914-the-new-confessions","title":"The New Confessions","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rich exploration into one man’s life from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart\u003cbr\u003eJohn James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant. A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e of a novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e__________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet John James Todd:\u003cbr\u003eScotsman, auteur, Rousseau-fanatic - and 'subversive element'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1899, John James Todd is one of the great, failed geniuses of the last century. His reminiscences, collected in The New Confessions, take us from Edinburgh to the Western Front, the Berlin film-world in the Twenties to Hollywood in the Thirties, Forties and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffering imprisonment, shooting, marriage, fatherhood, divorce and McCarthyism, Todd is a hostage to good fortune, ill-judgement, bad luck, the vast sweep of history and the cruel, cruel hand of fate .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e__________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A magnificent feat of storytelling and panoramic reconstruction' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Paced and plotted with sinewy, unfailing skill . Boyd has given us a work of rich, ripe and immensely enjoyable entertainment'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simply the best realistic storyteller of his generation'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942924529761,"sku":"9780141046914","price":9.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32487223.jpg?v=1737641286","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141046914-the-new-confessions","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}