{"product_id":"9781399606820-the-childrens-bach","title":"The Children's Bach","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe perfect jewel of a family novel from the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sparkling family novel from one of Australia's greatest writers, with an introduction from David Nicholls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A jewel of a novel about a perfect family falling apart' DAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slim, deeply humane work that tingles with life' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMERVE EMRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAthena and Dexter Fox are content. They love each other. They are friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey live with their two young sons in a sparsely furnished house near the Merri Creek: its walls cracking, its floors sloping and its doors hanging loosely in their frames. There is a piano in their kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then, Dexter runs into Elizabeth, an old friend from his university days. She brings into his world her loose-living musician boyfriend, Philip, and her seventeen-year-old sister, Vicki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd all at once, the bonds that hold the Fox family together begin to fray. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its first publication in 1984, The Children's Bach has been hailed as one of only four perfect short novels in the English language, one of the greatest family novels ever written and Garner's masterpiece.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA W\u0026amp;N Essential with an introduction by David Nicholls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41119852855393,"sku":"9781399606820","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28623149.jpg?v=1722759403","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399606820-the-childrens-bach","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}