{"product_id":"paul","title":"Paul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe critically acclaimed debut novel from the T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances is a graduate student spending a summer volunteering in rural France, in the hope that tending vegetables and harvesting honey will distract her from a scandal that drove her out of Paris, her research unfinished and her sense of self unmoored. At the eco-farm Noa Noa, she comes under the influence of its charismatic and domineering owner, Paul.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs his hold over her tightens and her plans come unstuck, she finds herself entangled in a strange, uneven relationship. On a fraught road trip across the South of France, both are forced to reckon with uncomfortable truths. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA compelling and perturbing story of power, passivity and the cage of being 'good', \u003cem\u003ePaul\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a novelist of extraordinary perspicacity and lyricism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daisy Lafarge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44440134516993,"sku":"9781783787883","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-636.png?v=1707305944","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/paul","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}