{"product_id":"the-hypocrite-9781399613231b","title":"The Hypocrite","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat happens when we stop idolising the generations above us? Stop idolising our own parents?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when we become frightened of the generations below us? Frightened of our own children?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Aeolian islands, 2010.\u003c\/span\u003e Sophia, on the cusp of adulthood, spends a long hot summer with her father in Sicily. There she falls in love for the first time. There she works as her father's amanuensis, typing the novel he dictates, a story about sex and gender divides. There, their relationship fractures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLondon, Summer 2020. \u003c\/span\u003eSophia's father, a 61-year-old novelist who does not feel himself to be a bad or outdated person sits in a large theatre, surrounded by strangers, watching his daughter's first play. A play that takes that Sicilian holiday as its subject. A play that will force him to watch his purported crimes play out in front of him.","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824379695184,"sku":"9781399613231B","price":11.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399613231-l.jpg?v=1785896332","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-hypocrite-9781399613231b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}