{"product_id":"centre-of-the-green","title":"Centre of the Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1959 \u003cb\u003eThe Centre of the Green\u003c\/b\u003e is John Bowen's third novel. The story centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel; the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up; the sons Julian and Charles - one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal, desperately looking for human contact in the vast anonymity of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is Julian's involvement with a seventeen-year-old girl that sparks the chain of events that eventually encompasses the whole family. The scene shifts between Devonshire, London and Majorca as each member of the family searches for a resolution to the impasse into which they have drifted and struggle to regain the family ties that they once had. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA subtle, intelligent and compassionate novel \u003cb\u003eThe Centre of the Green\u003c\/b\u003e was commended by the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e for its 'admirable vitality', while the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e described it as 'a series of expertly managed shocks'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243521691992,"sku":"9780571241866","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571241866_21bbccb9-b766-4302-95db-3d33b2dae97b.jpg?v=1777704325","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/centre-of-the-green","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}