{"product_id":"theft-9","title":"Theft","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Every volume [Rachel Ingalls] has written displays the craft of a quite remarkable talent. Tales of love, terror, betrayal and grief, which others would spin out for hundreds of pages, are given the occluded force of poetry.' Amanda Craig, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Ingalls (b. 1940) grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has lived in London since 1965.  \u003ci\u003eTheft\u003c\/i\u003e, her literary debut, won the Authors' Club First Novel Award for 1970.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTheft\u003c\/i\u003e is a parable-parallel taking place in some dehumanizing, militarized society where Seth, a starving working man, is jailed for stealing a loaf of bread. In prison with him is a manic-messiah, a wife-killer, some affluent youngsters doing their 'mental slumming' via protest, and his protective, smarter brother-in-law.' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Imaginative and intelligent'. \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Tautly told with great power.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243685859672,"sku":"9780571299768","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571299768_a30908ce-c75d-4e32-ba1a-63bf61b291a2.jpg?v=1765958419","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/theft-9","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}