{"product_id":"the-unvanquished-9780099586012","title":"The Unvanquished","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, William Faulkner was the son of a family proud of their prominent role in the history of the south. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, and left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF, but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home, he studied at the University of Mississippi and visited Europe briefly in 1925.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis first poem was published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e in 1919. His first book of verse and early novels followed, but his major work began with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e in 1929. \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Palms\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) are the key works of his great creative period leading up to \u003ci\u003eIntruder in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1948). During the 1930s, he worked in Hollywood on film scripts, notably\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55534254391639,"sku":"9780099586012","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099586012.jpg?v=1792586137","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-unvanquished-9780099586012","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}