{"product_id":"9781399613248-the-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\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, THE \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e, THE \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING \u003c\/i\u003eAND THE \u003ci\u003eATLANTIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like Edward St Aubyn and Anne Enright, Hamya is so good on generational conflict, the friction of family, and the damage done by charming but complacent men' DAVID NICHOLLS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slippery, excellent exploration of sexual politics, creative appropriation, and family dynamics . It lands its ending with all the force of a sharp knife hurled at a bullseye' \u003ci\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSicily, 2010. Sophia, on the cusp of adulthood, spends a long hot summer with her father, a successful author. Over the course of that holiday, their relationship will fracture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, 2020. Sophia's father, now 61, sits in a large theatre, surrounded by strangers, watching his daughter's first play. A play that takes that Sicilian holiday as its subject and will force him to watch his purported crimes re-enacted. Set over the course of one climactic day, this is the story of a father and a daughter, of all that divides and binds them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wickedly funny. A perfect novel' SARAH BERNSTEIN \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant . With a precision of language that ought to make Hamya's contemporaries quake and a tenderness you don't see coming' \u003ci\u003eATLANTIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125709455734,"sku":"9781399613248","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32912122.jpg?v=1738514266","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399613248-the-hypocrite","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}