{"product_id":"9780241567821-in-memoriam","title":"In Memoriam","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003cbr\u003eA TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you haven't read it, you're missing out' BONNIE GARMUS, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eLESSONS IN CHEMISTRY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A devastating love story between two young men on the Western Front' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eHAMNET \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always has been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of the trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, their friends are dying in front of them, and at any moment they could be next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic tale of the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, \u003ci\u003eIn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMemoriam\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TOP FIVE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER, March 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e______________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years: immersive, rousing, tender and devastating . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBIRDSONG\u003c\/i\u003e for a new generation' JOANNA QUINN, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE WHALEBONE THEATRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like looking at a black and white photograph which has been colourised . I was completely absorbed, moved, and transported' CLAIRE FULLER, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eUNSETTLED GROUND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'When was the last time characters in a novel seemed so real to me, so cherishable, so alive?' GARTH GREENWELL, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eCLEANNESS \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWHAT BELONGS TO YOU\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e is at once epic and intimate, humorous and profound, a vivid rendering of the madness and legacy of the first world war as seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Propulsive, visceral and heartrending . I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story\u003ci\u003e' Sunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A genuine page-turner' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'In Memoriam \u003c\/i\u003eis gripping, tender, immersive and, most of all, completely unforgettable' i, Fiction Pick of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times bestseller, November 2023\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":40743267958881,"sku":"9780241567821","price":14.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32317558.jpg?v=1737186578","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241567821-in-memoriam","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}