{"product_id":"9780141044941","title":"Various Pets Alive and Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Lewycka, Marina, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/02\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141044941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eLentils, free love, radical politics and family truths...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarious Pets Alive and Dead is the wonderfully funny fourth novel from Marina Lewycka, author of the bestselling A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. Their daughter Clara wants nothing less conformist than her own, clean bathroom. Their son Serge hides the awkward fact that he's a banker earning loadsamoney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when Doro and Marcus spring a surprise on their kids - just as the world is rocked in ways they always wished for - the family is forced to confront some thorny truths about themselves\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35548485091481,"sku":"9780141044941","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141044941.jpg?v=1601406744","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141044941","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}