{"product_id":"the-wide-world","title":"The Wide World","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e' FAVOURITE NOVELS OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first epic novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS series from the two times winner of the  prestigious Prix-Goncourt\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\n'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\nThe Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut, dominated by Louis, who has built a hugely successful business manufacturing artisanal soaps. Louis has three sons, but none seems to have the aptitude for commerce he desires.\n\nThere's Jean, the eldest, a feckless man who is both lazy and weak. When his ambitious wife suggests a move to France, he jumps at the chance for escape - for Jean has a secret that no-one must ever uncover. \n\nEtienne is the youngest son, who travels to Saigon looking for love, and there uncovers financial corruption and violence linked to the very highest officials - evidence that presents a real threat to his own life.\n\nFrançois, the middle Pelletier brother,  leaves for Paris and becomes a journalist.  When he reports a shocking and brutal murder, he realises he's uncovered the work of a dangerous serial killer, one who may be very close to home.\n\nAbsorbing, colourful and rich with no-holds-barred detail, THE WIDE WORLD is a terrific novel of greed, blackmail, and shocking crime.\n\n'Literature with conviction; a furious talent'\u003ci\u003e L'Obs\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791527899315,"sku":"9781472292124","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478211589781472292124.jpg?v=1762860198","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-wide-world","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}