{"product_id":"fires-which-burned-brightly-by-sebastian-faulks-9781529154658","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of \u003cem\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit, \u003cem\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629154783468,"sku":"9781529154658","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529154658.jpg?v=1751968971","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/fires-which-burned-brightly-by-sebastian-faulks-9781529154658","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}