{"product_id":"agency-a-memoir-of-remarkable-things","title":"Agency: A Memoir Of Remarkable Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! Estimated release date: 21 October 2026. Orders will be dispatched shortly after release. Please note that your complete order will only ship once the pre-order title becomes available. If you selected Click \u0026amp; Collect, we'll notify you when your order is ready for collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgency is a vivid, searching memoir of identity, belonging, and the long road to self-determination – at times side-splitting, at others gut wrenching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdopted at birth, a boy from ‘the Agency’ is placed into an oddball family in 1970s lower Claremont, where streets named after dead American Presidents frame a childhood lived in the harsh Kodachrome glow of Apartheid South Africa. Among suspicious home radio broadcasts, questionable judo masters, early morning swimming lanes and ballet classes, he grows up with a persistent sense of otherness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a helicopter crashes from the sky just metres away, and the murder of a beloved godfather shatters the illusion of safety, the questions begin: Who am I? Where do I belong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, in the stark landscapes of the Klein Karoo, he begins to re-assemble the puzzle of his life, piece by piece – absurd misadventures and hard reckonings, privilege and loss – simply to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Funny. Moving. Gripping. Testimony to the healing powers of the Klein Karoo.” — Sally Andrew, author of Recipes for Love and Murder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A queer South African classic in the making. Agency is a triumph.” — Herman Lategan, author of Son of a Whore\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ashley Brownlee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048410427570,"sku":"9781048316384","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781048316384.jpg?v=1789396845","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/agency-a-memoir-of-remarkable-things","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}