{"title":"Granta","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"julia-november-2023-prem1er-edition-old","title":"Julia - November 2023 PREM1ER Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A fascinating reflection on totalitarianism as refracted through Orwell's times and our own\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. 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For the millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, here, finally, is a provocative, vital and utterly satisfying companion novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46937430491430,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/julia.png?v=1697716127"},{"product_id":"imaginary-homelands","title":"Imaginary Homelands","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie's remarkable imaginative and observational powers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers, from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell's 'Inside the Whale', providing fresh insight on Kipling, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, John le Carr, Raymond Carver, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfound, passionate and insightful, Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263729156390,"sku":"9780140142242","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/5eb8b0c5-65de-47cb-b384-acc99d53de39.jpg?v=1701084607"},{"product_id":"the-luminaries","title":"The Luminaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize 2013. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. 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