{"product_id":"daughters-of-jerusalem-9781035020188","title":"Daughters of Jerusalem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Mendelson's novels include \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlmost English\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Exhibitionist\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and has been longlisted and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of one work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eRhapsody in Green\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the gardening correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis deliciously waspish — actually, hilarious — story of a destructive Oxford academic family has stayed with me longer than many did. Pure, very wicked joy -- Andrew Holgate * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA superb, hilarious farce of dysfunctional academic family life . . . Funny, exciting, lyrical, poignant, redemptive * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant and witty . . . Mendelson’s second bewitchingly erotic and darkly dramatic novel confirms her as a stylish, perceptive chronicler of the heart’s hidden desires * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant . . . exhilarating . . . Exciting and memorably written, this is one of those rare reads that has you galloping to the end, but feeling bereft at having to say goodbye so soon * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging combination of campus satire and domestic drama . . . In \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e Mendelson has created a blue-stocking thriller * The Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eMiss Marple meets Rosamond Lehmann . . . luscious prose and droll comedy . . . suffused with longing, studded with recherché words and clotted with gastronomic metaphors that make you feel that you should be reading on a chaise longe, stuffing yourself with violet creams * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eSavagely funny and hilariously cruel, it . . . convinces through the sheer power of the writing * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA delicious tale of intrigue and betrayal * The Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003eBold . . . engaging . . . an undoubted talent for comic observation * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA witty and absorbing work of fiction . . . wonderful . . . surprising and satisfying * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eWritten with great sharpness and has thrilling detail -- Julia Darling","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47836674457943,"sku":"9781035020188","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781035020188.jpg?v=1710380569","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/daughters-of-jerusalem-9781035020188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}