{"product_id":"9780992523428","title":"A Share of the World","description":"Selected by Evelyn Waugh as the best first novel of 1953, and phenomenally praised by critics on first publication, Hugo Charteris' A Share of the World is one of the great lost novels. This is the first republication in a concerted programme of bringing all of Charteris' works back into print.\u003cp\u003eThis harrowing story of a man lost in his times, bewildered and anguished by both war and love, is a masterful portrayal of the human psyche at odds with itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Grant has a short war. In a matter of three or four days his career as an officer in active service is over, after a disastrous sortie in the Italian campaign in which one of his men is let down terribly. Back home, reeling with dislocation and yearning, John seeks solace, absolution, a future, and most importantly, love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough John's story is astonishingly powerful and deeply moving, this extraordinary book has one more ace up its sleeve: Hugo Charteris' intense, atmospheric, drily witty and emotionally searching style. In it there are ingredients which make for one of the great experiences of post-war British literature. A Share of the World burst onto the 1950s literary scene like a truth-incendiary, garnering the author plaudits from critics as disparate as Rosamond Lehmann \u003cbr\u003e'one of the most impressive first novels I have read for a long time'...\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Wyndham \u003cbr\u003e'the most impressive first novel that has appeared since the war'...\u003cbr\u003eand Robert Henriques \u003cbr\u003e'all the characters are without exception almost instantly alive...first-rate'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's daughter, Jane Charteris, looks back at this brilliant book, and provides a unique insight into its author, in an introduction written specially for this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Walmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49988823482608,"sku":"9780992523428","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780992523428_p0.jpg?v=1784255413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780992523428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}