{"product_id":"justine-by-lawrence-durrell-9780571356065","title":"Justine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking slowly home through the dark avenue of trees, tasting the brackish harbour wind, I remembered Justine saying harshly as she lay in bed: 'We use each other like axes to cut down the ones we really love'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandria: the great winepress of love. Trams, palm trees, and watermelon stalls lie honey-bathed in sunlight; in darkened bedrooms, sweaty lovers unfurl. But in a world trembling on the brink of war, passion and death are inextricable. When a penniless Anglo-Irish schoolteacher begins an affair with Justine - a married Egyptian lady of unparalleled glamour - their partners, Melissa and Nessim, are sucked into a whirlpool of jealousy and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the twentieth century's greatest romances, rich in political and sexual intrigue, Lawrence Durrell's scandalous 'investigation of modern love' set the world alight in 1957, and - as André Aciman reveals - it seduces readers to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A masterpiece.'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of the great works of English fiction.'\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Triumphant [in its] beauty, cruelty, menace, mystery, decadence... '\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531767075052,"sku":"9780571356065","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11236763482391.jpg?v=1749284668","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/justine-by-lawrence-durrell-9780571356065","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}