{"product_id":"the-white-guard","title":"White Guard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSee? All we need is... a map and... some kind of plan.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis overcoat is neutral darling, neither Bolshevik nor Menshevik. Just essence of Prole. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Kiev during the Russian Civil War, the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close-knit crowd presided over by the beautiful Lena. As her brothers prepare to fight for the White Guard, friends charge in from the riotous streets amidst an atmosphere of heady chaos, quaffing vodka, keeling over, declaiming, taking baths, playing guitar and falling in love. But the new regime is poised and in its brutal triumph lies destruction for the Turbins and their world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd those are the real enemies we face, deep in the shadows. This modern man with no name, no past, no love. This desperate hate-filled man born of loneliness and frustration. This man with nothing to be proud of, nothing he is part of... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Upton's version of Mikhail Bulgakov's \u003ci\u003eThe White Guard\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the National Theatre, London, in March 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32033172193363,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571268597.jpg?v=1765951225","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-white-guard","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}