{"product_id":"9780571375509-my-heavenly-favourite","title":"My Heavenly Favourite","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFROM THE WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's been a long time since a novel has destroyed me like this .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's been a long time since a novel has destroyed me like this . Electrifying . One of the boldest writers alive today.' \u003cb\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A novel of exquisite discomfort and delicious poetry . Made me laugh and gasp . I'm in awe.' \u003cb\u003eBrandon Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rejuvenating, glorious, brilliant. A book about obsession with prose that obsessed me from the first line.'\u003cb\u003e Daisy Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe electrifying new novel from the sensational bestselling winner of the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tempestuous summer of 2005, a local veterinarian becomes enraptured by a 14-year-old farmer's daughter - his 'favourite' - as he tends her father's cows. This deeply troubled soul is our narrator: a man who believes he offers the object of his love a tantalizing path out of the constrictions of her conservative rural life, a chance to escape to a world of fantasy. But the obsessive reliance he cultivates builds into a terrifying trap, with a crime and confession at the heart of it that threatens to rip their small community apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unflinching excavation of taboos and social norms, \u003ci\u003eMy Heavenly Favourite\u003c\/i\u003e is a torrent of grief and obsession. The remarkable and chilling successor to Lucas Rijneveld's international sensation, \u003ci\u003eThe Discomfort of Evening, \u003c\/i\u003ethis profane novel is powered by the paradoxical beauty of its prose, which holds the reader fast to the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Michele Hutchison\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is about an adult who is sexually attracted to a minor and contains sexual violence.\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":55563222679926,"sku":"9780571375509","price":11.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33975126.jpg?v=1753427522","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571375509-my-heavenly-favourite","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}