{"product_id":"9781509806591-the-tobacconist","title":"The Tobacconist","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a moving account of an ordinary young man living through extraordinary times, and the lengths we will go to in order to protect what we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Robert Seethaler, the author of the Man Booker International shortlisted \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a deeply moving story of ordinary lives profoundly affected by the Third Reich, in the tradition of novels such as Fred Uhlman's classic \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e, Bernhard Schlink's \u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and Rachel Seiffert's \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Room\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen seventeen-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the idyllic beauty of the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna, his homesickness quickly dissolves amidst the thrum of the city. In his role as apprentice to the elderly tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with their newspapers and cigarettes. Among the regulars is a Professor Freud, whose predilection for cigars and occasional willingness to dispense romantic advice will forge a bond between him and young Franz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1937. In a matter of months Germany will annex Austria and the storm that has been threatening to engulf the little tobacconist will descend, leaving the lives of Franz, Otto and Professor Freud irredeemably changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451487990134,"sku":"9781509806591","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27157482.jpg?v=1760462724","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509806591-the-tobacconist","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}