{"product_id":"9780864929143-mr-jones","title":"Mr. Jones","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted, McNally Robinson Book of the Year and Relit Award (Novel)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Margaret Sweatman has proven herself a virtuoso writer of historical fiction. Yet nothing she has written can prepare you for \u003ci\u003eMr. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmett Jones is adrift. Having firebombed civilians as a pilot during World War II, Emmett searches for something to cling to when life loses focus. Post-war, he becomes compulsively drawn to John Norfield, a former POW who has found his focus in communism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in a time of rampant paranoia, \u003ci\u003eMr. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e peels back the veneer of Canadian politics to reveal a nation willing to sacrifice its own. It is a fearful time, a time of \"peace\" at the onset of the nuclear age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmett's existence comes under scrutiny. His relationship with Norfield makes him a target of security forces. His marriage, his job, even his child are the target of investigation. And as the nuclear arms race heats up, Mr. Jones sets himself on a path that will risk the lives of everyone he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvoking the classic works of le Carré and Greene, Sweatman's novel is a shattering exploration of a past where world governments threaten annihilation while training housewives in the proper techniques for sweeping up radioactive dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53539339436406,"sku":"9780864929143","price":22.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37561826.jpg?v=1762157871","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780864929143-mr-jones","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}