{"product_id":"beggars-feast-1","title":"Beggar's Feast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES, BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITOR'S CHOICE*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*NOMINATED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY PRIZE*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Boyagoda's \u003ci\u003eBeggar's Feast \u003c\/i\u003eis a tour de force of a novel set in Sri Lanka about a man living in defiance of fate. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gleaming\u003c\/b\u003e . . . An ambitious book that seeks to convey the sweep of history through the prism of one island' Sara Wheeler, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Kandy, born in a poor village and abandoned by his family ten years later at a remote temple, resolves to make his own luck amongst the cheats and chancers of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe returns to his birth village as a steely self-made man. He marries a nobleman's daughter and coldly pursues a life of wealth, prestige, and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so begins a devastating chain of events...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeggar's Feast is a masterpiece - a raw, profound and magnificent novel about origins and endings, about what we forsake to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAmbitious\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a narrative that spans the whole of the last century', \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA brilliant book\u003c\/b\u003e. This novel reminds us of the values we are taught as children but which we might forget as we enter adulthood' Nadeem Aslam, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Man's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandy Boyagoda's first novel, \u003ci\u003eGovernor of the Northern Province\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the ScotiaBank Giller Prize in 2006. He has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, and Harper's Magazine. He lives in Toronto with his wife and four daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221681787224,"sku":"9780241001547","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241001547.jpg?v=1764666932","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/beggars-feast-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}