{"product_id":"9780385704854","title":"Our Noble Selves","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe #1 international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a thrilling tale of post-World War II London, a city eager to put the dark days of the war behind it, but where the peace proves as tricky to navigate as the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen   crime   correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singa­pore in 1945, he takes a quiet job   with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the   nation’s creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of   misfits and eccentrics   as they help to   ready the Festival for launch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her   disappearance—and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening   they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to   blame. To make   matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere may be a carnival   atmosphere in London as the country attempts to throw off the drab priva­tions   of war, yet beneath the frivolity there is also a worthy attempt to hold up a   mirror to both its history and its future. With her   unique voice and her skill   at conjuring the past, Kate Atkinson turns her light on a nation reconstructing its image   and the lengths to which   some might go to manipulate   the outcome. Witty,   brilliantly plotted, and   with an un­forgettable cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eOur Noble Selves \u003c\/i\u003epaints a vivid portrait of a   former empire struggling with its identity in the aftermath of war.","brand":"Kate Atkinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49153325039838,"sku":"9780385704854","price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cd6b0640-dfb3-48b7-88c8-25e67ec2bff1.jpg?v=1791250752","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/fr\/products\/9780385704854","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}