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A beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese classic.

''Mishima''s greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century'' The Times

A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call ''objectivity''.

When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship''s officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.

They regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.

A tale of youth and warped masculinity, rediscover the suspenseful and deeply ominous classic with this special edition.

Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea

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    A Hardback by Yukio Mishima

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      Publisher: Random House
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/4/2024
      ISBN13: 9781784879723, 978-1784879723
      ISBN10: 178487972X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese classic.

      ''Mishima''s greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century'' The Times

      A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call ''objectivity''.

      When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship''s officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.

      They regard this disillusionment as an act of betrayal on his part - and the retribution is deliberate and horrifying.

      A tale of youth and warped masculinity, rediscover the suspenseful and deeply ominous classic with this special edition.

      Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

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