{"product_id":"batlava-lake-paperback","title":"Batlava Lake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Mars-Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePristina, Kosovo, 1999. Barry Ashton, recently divorced, has been deployed as a civil engineer attached to the Royal Engineers corps in the British Army. In an extraordinary feat of ventriloquism, Adam Mars-Jones constructs a literary story with a thoroughly unliterary narrator, and a narrative that is anything but comic through the medium of a character who, essentially, is. Exploring masculinity, class and identity, \u003ci\u003eBatlava\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLake\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant story of men and war by one of Britain's most accomplished writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Mars-Jones' first collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eLantern Lecture\u003c\/em\u003e, won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1982, and he appeared on \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists lists in 1983 and 1993. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Waters of Thirst\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1993 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber. It was followed by \u003cem\u003ePilcrow \u003c\/em\u003e(2008) and \u003cem\u003eCedilla\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), which form the first two parts of a semi-infinite novel series. His essay \u003cem\u003eNoriko Smiling\u003c\/em\u003e (Notting Hill Editions, 2011) is a book-length study of a classic of Japanese cinema, Yasujiro Ozu's \u003cem\u003eLate Spring\u003c\/em\u003e. His memoir \u003cem\u003eKid Gloves\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Particular Books in 2015. He writes book reviews for the \u003cem\u003eLRB\u003c\/em\u003e and film reviews for the \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.64 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767971479840,"sku":"9781913097622","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ad3a23947b76981e64b87a2da3236ac.webp?v=1780321882","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/batlava-lake-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}