{"product_id":"scenes-from-provincial-life-including-scenes-from-married-life-1","title":"Scenes from Provincial Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Cooper's \u003ci\u003eScenes from Provincial Life\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1950, when Joe Lunn was one of the first breed of ordinary male anti-hero protagonists to appear in English fiction. Joe's exploits and ordinariness, as he tries to avoid his mistress Myrtle's attempts to trap him into marriage, brilliantly poke fun at what were, and often remain, the taboo subjects of sex and class. Published at the beginning of the decade, William Cooper's novel ushered in books like \u003ci\u003eLucky Jim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoom at the Top\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition also contains the sequel, \u003ci\u003eScenes from Married Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32016997023827,"sku":"","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141046884_41121397-49f1-4fac-a53e-6432485f4701.jpg?v=1769226333","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/scenes-from-provincial-life-including-scenes-from-married-life-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}