{"product_id":"the-book-of-guilt-by-catherine-chidgey-9781776922246","title":"The Book of Guilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a sinisterly skewed version of England in 1979, thirteen-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a New Forest home, part of the government’s Sycamore Scheme. Each day the boys must take medicine to protect themselves from a mysterious illness to which many of their friends have succumbed. Children who survive are allowed to move to the Big House in Margate, a destination of mythical proportions, desired by every Sycamore child. Meanwhile, in Exeter, Nancy lives a secluded life with her parents, who never let her leave the house. As the government looks to shut down the Sycamore homes and place their residents into the community, the triplets’ lives begin to intersect with Nancy’s, culminating in revelations that will rock the children to the core. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGradually surrendering its dark secrets, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Guilt\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding novel from one of our greatest storytellers: a profoundly unnerving exploration of belonging in a world where some lives are valued less than others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePraise for Catherine Chidgey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Chidgey again displays her prodigious talent for psychological suspense and minutely evoking past eras . . . Faultless.’ —\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Chidgey is a find.’\u003cem\u003e —Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A lingering, haunting book, which belongs on the shelf with \u003cem\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Friend –\u003c\/em\u003e a landmark in the small but potent canon of contemporary novels about unusual girls reckoning with themselves and the world around them.’ —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Chidgey \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eIn a Fishbone Church\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eGolden Deeds \u003c\/em\u003e(2000), \u003cem\u003eThe Transformation \u003c\/em\u003e(2003), \u003cem\u003eThe Wish Child\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), the 'found novel' \u003cem\u003eThe Beat of the Pendulum\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eRemote Sympathy\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eThe Axeman’s Carnival\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) and \u003cem\u003ePet\u003c\/em\u003e (2023). Her novels have been published to international acclaim and have been shortlisted and won numerous prizes including, the Women’s Prize and, twice, the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction. She lives in Ngāruawāhia and lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Waikato. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upstart Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46392788910316,"sku":"9781776922246","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781776922246.jpg?v=1745383265","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-book-of-guilt-by-catherine-chidgey-9781776922246","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}