{"product_id":"kindly-ones","title":"Kindly Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘He is, as Proust was before him, the great chronicler of his culture in his time.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As magnificently comic as anything in the series.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A literary gem.’\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Messud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Now in the first volume’s 75th anniversary year, this twelve-volume series is ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this sixth volume, with Britain once again on the brink of war, Nick Jenkins reflects back on his childhood growing up in the shadow of the World War I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWanting to follow in his father’s footsteps, Nick sets his sights on becoming an officer in the British Army and asks his old school friend, Widmerpool, who is gaining prominence in the business world, for help. Yet, with reserves lists quickly filling up, it’s not long until the threat of war is the only thing on everyone’s mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for 'A Dance to the Music of Time’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A world as rich as Joyce's on the one hand and P. G. Wodehouse’s on the other.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the great novel-sequences in English Literature.’ \u003cb\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the greatest pleasures of my reading life.’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Palin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An epic, elegant masterpiece.’\u003cb\u003e Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A joyous experience.’ \u003cb\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An intricately wrought work of art.’ \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The finest long comic novel that England has produced.’ \u003cb\u003eAnthony Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Mr Powell’s imagination is inexhaustible.’ \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of English fiction’s few twentieth-century masterpieces.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘There is no other novelist whose work gives so much or such consistent pleasure.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217247195480,"sku":"9780099472452","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099472452.jpg?v=1778487353","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/kindly-ones","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}