{"product_id":"9780864929143","title":"Mr. Jones","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Winner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Shortlisted, McNally Robinson Book of the Year and Relit Award (Novel)\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Award-winning author Margaret Sweatman has proven herself a virtuoso writer of historical fiction. Yet nothing she has written can prepare you for \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Mr. Jones\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Emmett Jones is adrift. Having firebombed civilians as a pilot during World War II, Emmett searches for something to cling to when life loses focus. Post-war, he becomes compulsively drawn to John Norfield, a former POW who has found his focus in communism.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Set in a time of rampant paranoia, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Mr. Jones\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; peels back the veneer of Canadian politics to reveal a nation willing to sacrifice its own. It is a fearful time, a time of \u0026amp;#34;peace\u0026amp;#34; at the onset of the nuclear age.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Emmett\u0026amp;#39;s existence comes under scrutiny. His relationship with Norfield makes him a target of security forces. His marriage, his job, even his child are the target of investigation. And as the nuclear arms race heats up, Mr. Jones sets himself on a path that will risk the lives of everyone he holds dear.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Evoking the classic works of le Carr\u0026amp;#233; and Greene, Sweatman\u0026amp;#39;s novel is a shattering exploration of a past where world governments threaten annihilation while training housewives in the proper techniques for sweeping up radioactive dust.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65420106596701,"sku":null,"price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9780864929143","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}