{"product_id":"9781848873568-the-slap","title":"The Slap","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 2009\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tremendously vital book in every sense.' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The boy is not his son. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christos Tsiolkas presents the impact of this apparently minor domestic incident through the eyes of eight of those who witness it. The result is an unflinching interrogation of the life of the modern family, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40946090704993,"sku":"9781848873568","price":8.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/1c58d67200b4a967edf780397f9ff2fb.png?v=1691798933","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848873568-the-slap","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}