{"product_id":"the-new-life-tom-crewe-paperback","title":"The New Life -- Tom Crewe, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature - Named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eos \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003engeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe T\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (London) - The \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London) Novel of the Year - Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction and the Polari Prize - Selected for \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Fiction Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating and \"remarkable\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) debut that \"brims with intelligence and insight\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), about two marriages, two forbidden love affairs, and the passionate search for social and sexual freedom in late 19th-century London.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that homosexuality, which is a crime at the time, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they have never met, John and Henry both live in London with their wives, Catherine and Edith, and in each marriage, there is a third party: John has a lover, a working-class man named Frank, and Edith spends almost as much time with her friend Angelica as she does with Henry. John and Catherine have three grown daughters and a long, settled marriage, over the course of which Catherine has tried to accept her husband's sexuality and her own role in life; Henry and Edith's marriage is intended to be a revolution in itself, an intellectual partnership that dismantles the traditional understanding of what matrimony means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly before the book is to be published, Oscar Wilde is arrested. John and Henry must decide whether to go on, risking social ostracism and imprisonment, or to give up the project for their own safety and the safety of the people they love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA richly detailed, powerful, and visceral novel about love, sex, and the struggle for a better world, \u003ci\u003eThe New Life\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly asks: \"What's worth jeopardizing in the name or progress?\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editors' Choice).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Crewe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.31w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668000847","brand":"Tom Crewe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45727457870052,"sku":"9781668000847","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781668000847.jpg?v=1777551967","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-new-life-tom-crewe-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}