{"product_id":"2940044489240","title":"A Somewhat Different Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning sequel to 'Educating Nicolas', Tom Fisher does it again; probing in his inimical way beneath appearances to explore underlying realities in the lives of Australian boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighly erotic yet at once intensely heart-moving, 'A Somewhat Different Life' traces the career of Jim Harris, a social historian afflicted with a lone, detached writer’s mind and a kind heart, from his own rough bush childhood in the remote inland, through the loss of virginity of his soul-friend Lauro; unknowing heir to a minor Italian castle, then in turn the hippy indigo child Bhavah, and finally the lost part-Aboriginal ward Daniel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a background of mothers, of women supportive and scorned, and of the moralising, psycho-analytical state bureaucracy opposing his point of view, the reader is left to wonder once more who is sane and who is not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gilbert J Hardwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109553651952,"sku":"2940044489240","price":7.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044489240_p0.jpg?v=1763664253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044489240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}