{"product_id":"throw-me-to-the-wolves","title":"Throw Me to the Wolves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD 2020** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is literary fiction as it should be: in stylish, surprising, lyrical sentences we are forced to confront the hidden power structures, public and private, that control our everyday lives' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young woman has been murdered, and a neighbour, a retired teacher from Chapleton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner - intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes - he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the smart-talking, quick-witted Gary, and his watchful colleague, Ander. Ander is always watchful, but particularly now, because the man across the table is his former teacher - Michael Wolphram - whom he hasn't seen in nearly 30 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the novel proceeds, we watch Wolphram's media lynching as ex-pupils and colleagues line up to lie about him. In parallel, we read Ander's memories of his life as a young Dutch boy in 80s England. Another outsider, another loner in a school system rife with abuse and bullying, Ander has another case to solve: the cold case of his own childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough it deals with historical abuse and violence in schools, and the corrupt power of the popular media, \u003ci\u003eThrow Me to the Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e is about childhood and memory. A perceptive and pertinent novel of our times, beautifully written and psychologically acute, it manages to be both very funny and - at the same time - shatteringly sad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49578616684888,"sku":"9781529110609","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529110609.jpg?v=1764405919","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/throw-me-to-the-wolves","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}