{"product_id":"9781543685541","title":"Extinctions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe hated the word \u003ci\u003eretirement\u003c\/i\u003e, but not as much as he hated the word \u003ci\u003evillage\u003c\/i\u003e, as if ageing made you a peasant or a fool. Herein lives the village idiot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. His wife, Martha, is dead, and his two adult children are lost to him in their own ways. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life - objects he has collected over many years and tells himself he is keeping for his daughter - he is determined to be miserable but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorous, poignant and galvanising by turns, \u003ci\u003eExtinctions\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016825094384,"sku":"9781543685541","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543685541_p0.jpg?v=1763753304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543685541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}