{"product_id":"in-search-of-conrad","title":"In Search of Conrad","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1991, Gavin Young's hugely acclaimed \u003cb\u003eIn Search of Conrad \u003c\/b\u003ewas joint winner of the 1992 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Part-mariner's log and part-detective story, [\u003cb\u003eIn Search of Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e] brilliantly evokes the Far Eastern landscapes fixed forever in our imaginations by Conrad's novels. But above all Young makes us realize that the world Conrad described nearly a century ago is still there ... the most pleasurable and exciting book I have read this year.' J. G. Ballard, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Young's passion for Conrad and his stories blazes from every porthole.' John Carey, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Young has an eye for atmosphere; he is marvellous on Singapore as her past impinges on the present, myriad streets stalked by ghosts from the nineteenth century ... \u003cb\u003eIn Search of Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e is both scholarly and enthralling - always vivid, and often a hoot to read ... better still it may set you to reading Conrad again.' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Gavin Young has managed to write something rare in recent literature - a happy book about the Third World which also has the ring of truth.' Jonathan Raban, \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243639263576,"sku":"9780571252824","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571252824.jpg?v=1777705223","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-search-of-conrad","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}