{"product_id":"diary-of-a-bad-year","title":"Diary of a Bad Year","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDiary of a Bad Year\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJ M Coetzee\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143114482\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Bad Year\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the world of politics--a new topic for Coetzee--and explores the role of the writer in our times with an extraordinary moral compass. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJ.M. Coetzee's latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, is now available from Viking. \u003ci\u003eLate Essays: 2006-2016\u003c\/i\u003e will be available January 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e J.M. Coetzee once again breaks literary ground with \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Bad Year\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that is, in the words of its protagonist, a response to the present in which I find myself. Aging author Senor C has been commissioned to write a series of essays entitled Strong Opinions, of which he has many. After hiring a beautiful young typist named Anya, the two embark on a relationship that will have a profound impact on them both especially when Alan, Anya's no-good boyfriend, develops designs on Senor C's bank account. Told in these three voices simultaneously, Coetzee has created any entirely new way of telling a story, and nothing less than an involving, argumentative, moving novel (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Diary of a Bad Year | J M Coetzee | Paperback | 9780143114482 | New | Fiction 1613437","offer_id":48186699088024,"sku":"1613437","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51xv2N_jxL.jpg?v=1772385452","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/diary-of-a-bad-year","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}