{"product_id":"the-inheritance-of-loss-by-kiran-desai","title":"The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordinary Man Booker Prize winning novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis orphan granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCivil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A Magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Man Booker Prize judges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Poised, elegant and assured . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. breaks out into extraordinary beauty' The Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Desai's bold, original voice, and her ability to deal in a grand narratives with a deft comic touch that affectionately recalls some of the masters of Indian fiction, makes hers a novel to reread and remembered' Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 28 Aug 2008, Penguin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141027289\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 336 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56985617465726,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780141027289.jpg?v=1772099535","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-inheritance-of-loss-by-kiran-desai","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}