{"product_id":"9781399613231-hypocrite","title":"The Hypocrite","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2024 and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer' Claire-Louise Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThree Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a novel about a father and a daughter, about generational divides and whether one should bite one's tongue out of love\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when we stop idolising the generations above us? Stop idolising our own parents?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when we become frightened of the generations below us? Frightened of our own children?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Aeolian islands, 2010. Sophia, on the cusp of adulthood, spends a long hot summer with her father in Sicily. There she falls in love   for the first time. There she works as her father's amanuensis, typing the   novel he dictates, a story about sex and gender divides. There, their   relationship fractures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, Summer 2020. Sophia's father, a 61-year-old novelist who does not feel himself to be a bad or outdated person sits in a large theatre, surrounded by strangers, watching his daughter's first play. A play that takes that Sicilian holiday is its subject. A play that will force him to watch his   purported crimes play out in front of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563240505718,"sku":"9781399613231","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33982015.jpg?v=1753427322","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399613231-hypocrite","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}