{"product_id":"9781529110609","title":"Throw Me to the Wolves","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Patrick McGuinness\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2020 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 30mm | 238g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e**WINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD 2020** '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' The TimesA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough it deals with historical abuse and violence in schools, and the corrupt power of the popular media, Throw Me to the Wolves 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2020**A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick McGuinness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57390559461701,"sku":"9781529110609","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529110609.jpg?v=1773512062","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529110609","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}