{"product_id":"9781921921810","title":"Dark Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize 1995. This edition introduced by Louise Adler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Places\u003c\/i\u003e, a companion novel to \u003ci\u003eLilian's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, is the tale of a man with a comically grand exterior who believes he has the right, and the duty, to conquer the mocking flesh of any woman. Even his own daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbion Gidley Singer creates his world as a vast collection of facts - facts he uses to support his own power and status. After an awkward childhood, aware that he is a disappointment to his father, he acquires, the trappings of respectability - success in business, a family. But beneath his comically grand exterior Albion's soul remains a dark place of fear and loathing, driving him to terrifying deeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Grenville\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Her bestselling novels have won many awards and have been published around the world. They include \u003ci\u003eThe Secret River\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Commonwealth Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Perfection\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Orange prize) and \u003ci\u003eLilian's Story\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Australian\/Vogel Prize).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Adler\u003c\/b\u003e is CEO and Publisher-in-Chief of Melbourne University Publishing. She is the Deputy Chancellor of Monash University and the Chair of the Board of Methodist Ladies' College. She also serves as a member of the Board of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etextclassics.com.au\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A masterful, sharp-tongued portrait of an individual and an age. Grenville's fiction is impossible to put down.' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'This is a dark tale, told with surprising humour.' \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Recommended Reading \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Kate Grenville is a skilled, talented writer...lush and beautiful writing...' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Great daring...the prose is gracefully poetic, rich with sensory descriptions that are powerful enough to carry the emotional weight. Grenville was extraordinarily brave to take on such a challenge...she provides a world so vivid that, despite discomfort, the reader continues...Grenville is truly a magician.' \u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A ventriloqual tour de force of the darkness at the heart of man.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Grenville brilliantly, if chillingly, captures the voice of the smug, self-hating businessman who despises others as he despises himself...This is an eloquent, angry and humane novel...one of the strongest, most compelling novels of 1994.' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e '\u003ci\u003eDark Places\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that rises to heights of obsessive and propulsive power...' \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141107925232,"sku":"9781921921810","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921921810_p0.jpg?v=1763632991","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921921810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}