{"product_id":"153833720_product","title":"Michael Arditti - Choice - Hardback","description":"New Store Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item is a book Hardback\u003cbr\u003eThe Author Name is Michael Arditti\u003cbr\u003eThe Title is The Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Comments\u003cbr\u003eNew Store Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Description -\u003cbr\u003eA rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century.   \"I enjoyed it enormously.  The story is so interesting, the theme so important and pertinent, and the fluency and lightness of touch so engaging to read\" PHILIP PULLMAN\"[Arditti] has given us a novel very much for our time, good enough to be for all time, too\" The Scotsman\"An engrossing, three-dimensional, grown-up narrative\" ROWAN WILLIAMS\"The perfect combination of matters ecclesiastical and artistic\" Financial Times\"Bursting with intellectual richness and joyously acidic dialogue\" The Spectator\"A compelling read\" Observer\" I loved this book for its lightness of touch about serious subjects and for dialogue that glitters like clashing rapiers\" MIRANDA SEYMOUR\"An intelligent and entertaining novel that handles lightly problems of great moral weight\" GuardianAs a woman in the early 1980s, Clarissa Phipps is unable to pursue her priestly vocation.\r\n\r\n Instead, she joins the BBC, where she is sent to interview the artist Seward Wemlock about the panels he is painting for an ancient Cheshire church.   \"A serious and important writer\" ROSE TREMAIN\"Arditti has delivered a complex moral fable with skill and aplomb\" Mail on SundayThirty years on, now rector of that same church, she chances upon Brian, the chief bell-ringer and husband of her closest friend, fondling fifteen-year-old David. David claims they are in love, but Clarissa is obliged to act.\r\n\r\n Will she choose friendship or conscience, sympathy or her duty of care?The fallout from that choice forces her to reflect on past concerns over Wemlock's relationship with his teenage models. Had she heeded the whispers at the time, how many lives - her own included - would have turned out differently?The Choice is a rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, questioning whether it's possible, let alone prudent, to separate the art from the artist, which reaches to the heart of the contemporary culture wars.  Richly comic and deeply compassionate, it is a remarkable synthesis of the sacred and profane.\r\n\r\n   \"At a time when British fiction has never been more timorous about tackling novels of ideas, Michael Arditti has produced one worthy of Iris Murdoch and Graham Greene. Brilliantly ambiguous, waspishly witty and thoroughly enjoyable, this is Michael Arditti's own masterpiece to date\" AMANDA CRAIG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGift Ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a great gift idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHours of Service\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eLocation ID 245z\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiHaveit SKU ID 174219025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ unisex","offer_id":45354263281908,"sku":"174219025","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ihaveitmarketplace.com\/products\/153833720_product","provider":"iHaveit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}