{"product_id":"fires-which-burned-brightly","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly\u003c\/i\u003e, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood - 'cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range' - the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country's most acclaimed novelists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/i\u003e in his brother's house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book is driven by a desire 'to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.' It ends with a tribute to Faulks's parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit, \u003ci\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly","offer_id":44870671696069,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5291-5465-8.jpg?v=1751512239","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/fires-which-burned-brightly","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}