{"product_id":"vladimir-paperback","title":"Vladimir (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrillingly subversive, laugh-out-loud, darkly droll . . . this is a hoot that hooks.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Books of the Year'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so we meet our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose husband, a charismatic professor at the same small liberal arts college, is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extramarital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both. And when our narrator becomes increasingly infatuated with Vladimir, a celebrated, married young novelist who's just arrived on campus, their tinder-box world comes dangerously close to exploding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her bold, edgy, and uncommonly assured literary debut, Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the strictures of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Propulsive, darkly funny, and surreptitiously moving, \u003ci\u003eVladimir\u003c\/i\u003e maps the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the messy contradictions of power and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia May Jonas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42646245343410,"sku":"9781529080476","price":240.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/387642_638f3cea771b59.16662506_9781529080476_777f6389-3522-4346-8b41-afb07ff9a6b0.jpg?v=1670335906","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/vladimir-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}