{"product_id":"9781939140210","title":"The Fourth of June","description":"'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e, Benedictus shows what it was like to have attended Eton College, one of England's most prestigious schools. Among its hallowed buildings, a boy is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain, a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter, and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother. Condemned by some reviewers as a farrago of sex, snobbery, and sadism, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e nonetheless met with rave reviews from other critics, who proclaimed Benedictus one of the most promising new novelists of his generation, and went on to be a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition, the first in more than 30 years, includes an introduction by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049693364464,"sku":"9781939140210","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939140210_p0.jpg?v=1763665702","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939140210","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}