{"product_id":"seven-lean-years","title":"Seven Lean Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeven Lean Years \u003c\/i\u003e(1961) was Celia Fremlin's third novel of suspense. Its protagonist is Ellen Fortescue, engaged to be married, but oddly uneasy about her approaching wedding. Her fiance Leonard is a man of varying moods, most combustibly where the subject of his stepmother Laura is concerned. Ellen is inclined to a kinder view; but then the woman Ellen calls 'Cousin Laura' does have a complicated history with the Fortescue family...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fremlin wraps up her little mystery cunningly in this accomplished thriller-chiller of a book.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fremlin  has a quite extraordinary ability for imbuing the normal with  intimations of doom-to-come. And when she begins to develop her  elegantly horrible climax, the shivers chase each other down one's  spine.'  \u003ci\u003eBirmingham Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Celia Fremlin is about our best hope to compete with the American intelligent superior suspense school.' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224025092440,"sku":"9780571312931","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571312931_e53b5e56-c692-4caa-9d29-46a6326e86e8.jpg?v=1765950340","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/seven-lean-years","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}