{"product_id":"the-fourth-of-june-paperback","title":"The Fourth of June - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Benedictus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e, Benedictus shows what it was like to have attended Eton College, one of England's most prestigious schools. Among its hallowed buildings, a boy is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain, a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter, and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother. Condemned by some reviewers as a farrago of sex, snobbery, and sadism, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e nonetheless met with rave reviews from other critics, who proclaimed Benedictus one of the most promising new novelists of his generation, and went on to be a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new edition, the first in more than 30 years, includes an introduction by the author.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778295496992,"sku":"9781939140210","price":32.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/409fb8d79fdaaafe7052d45b29d475c7.webp?v=1780506042","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fourth-of-june-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}