{"product_id":"9781941147771","title":"Jubb (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"C. L. Jubb is thirty-six, married, gainfully employed, and active in his community, both in local government and as a volunteer youth leader working with disadvantaged boys. But as he narrates the story of his downfall, we begin to see that he is other things as well: a voyeur, a fetishist, a racist, an admirer of Mussolini, and above all, a man obsessed by his sexual fantasies. With its unforgettable protagonist - odious yet pitiable, vile yet oddly sympathetic - Keith Waterhouse's third novel is both a gripping case study of a social and sexual misfit and an unsettling but wickedly funny social satire.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJubb\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) was a departure from Waterhouse's first two novels, the classic of childhood \u003ci\u003eThere is a Happy Land\u003c\/i\u003e and the comic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e, but like those works it was widely acclaimed by critics, who compared it favorably with Vladimir Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e. This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by Alice Ferrebe and a reproduction of the original dust jacket art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent ... an achievement that puts Mr. Waterhouse above all his contemporary novelists.' - \u003ci\u003eWashington D.C. Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An important book and one of the finest in months ... a fascinating novel.'\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[A]dmirable . . . indeed a very funny book.' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053137608944,"sku":"9781941147771","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941147771_p0.jpg?v=1763753424","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941147771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}