{"product_id":"jill-by-philip-larkin-9780571225828","title":"Jill","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJill\u003c\/em\u003e is Philip Larkin's first novel, originally published in 1946. A subtle and moving account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichaelmas term, 1940. 18-year-old John Kemp has come down from Lancashire to Oxford University to begin his scholarship studying English. But when he invents an imaginary sister to win the attention of a rich but unreliable 'friend', and then falls in love for real, undergraduate life becomes its own strange world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Absolutely contemporary - perhaps even prophetic.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Remarkable. A book about innocence.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Simon Garfield\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A cryptic literary manifesto [about] discovering a literary personality, and the consolation art can provide.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Andrew Motion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549668561132,"sku":"9780571225828","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9934393482391.jpg?v=1749915622","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/jill-by-philip-larkin-9780571225828","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}