{"product_id":"other-peoples-worlds","title":"Other People's Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther People's Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e by William Trevor - a classic early novel by one of the world's greatest writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat chance has a nice middle-class woman got against a determined conman?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e47-year-old widow, Julia, is about to remarry, much to the delight and relief of her daughters. But her mother has suspicions about Francis which she keeps to herself. Perhaps wrongly: if she'd shared her feelings with her daughter the disaster might have been avoided. Meanwhile there are two other women who have a claim on the would-be bridegroom - and the way things are shaping up it might be one of them, rather than Julia, who comes off worst out of the situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Trevor's brilliant novel explores the small horrors that lie close to the surface of ordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A constantly surprising work, pungent with the sense of evil and corruption' John Updike,\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling' Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in 1928, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He has lived in England for many years. The author of numerous acclaimed collections of short stories and novels, he has won many awards including the Whitbread Book of the Year, The James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize: in 1976 with his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Dynmouth\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1991 with \u003ci\u003eReading Turgenev\u003c\/i\u003e and in 2002 with \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Lucy Gault\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226959991128,"sku":"9780241969472","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241969472.jpg?v=1764835243","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/other-peoples-worlds","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}