{"product_id":"the-picturegoers-9781784702694","title":"The Picturegoers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Palladium, Brickley. Once the grandest music-hall south of the river, now its peeling foyer is home to stale popcorn, a depressed manager, and a cast of disparate picturegoers who touch and shape each other’s destinies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmongst them is Mark, the cynical intellectual who seeks sensuality and finds spirituality; Clare, his girlfriend, who loses faith and discovers passion; Father Kipling, the scandalized priest; and Harry, the sexually frustrated Teddy boy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his astutely observed first novel, David Lodge ushers in a congregation of characters whose hopes, confusions and foibles play out alongside the celluloid fantasies of the silver screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharp and real -- Kingsley Amis\u003cbr\u003eQuirky and original * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Picturegoers\u003c\/i\u003e' appeal derives as much from the quality of the writing as for its absorption in a bygone way of life * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent first novel... He has a wonderful eye for the tawdriness of our commercial world * Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741241946455,"sku":"9781784702694","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-picturegoers-9781784702694","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}