{"product_id":"ransom","title":"Ransom - David Malouf (An Iliad retelling)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA reimagination of one of the most famous stories in all of literature - Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's \"The Iliad\". Ransom is the first novel in more than a decade from David Malouf, arguably Australia's greatest living writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA novel of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, \"Ransom \"tells the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and Priam, king of Troy, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach man's grief demands a confrontation with the other's if it is to be resolved: a resolution more compelling to both than the demands of war. And when the aged father and the murderer of his son meet, \"the past and present blend, enemies exchange places, hatred turns to understanding, youth pities age mourning youth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLiterary Awards\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/3888-prime-minister-s-literary-awards\"\u003ePrime Minister's Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction (2010)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/5899-criticos-prize\"\u003eCriticos Prize (2009)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/6978-australian-literature-society-gold-medal\"\u003eAustralian Literature Society Gold Medal (2009)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/11131-als-gold-medal\"\u003eALS Gold Medal (2010)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/25697-international-dublin-literary-award\"\u003eInternational DUBLIN Literary Award Nominee (2011)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\" class=\"data table additional-attributes\" style=\"width: 331px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: unset; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003ccaption class=\"table-caption\" style=\"border: 0px; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px; box-sizing: unset;\"\u003eMore Information\u003c\/caption\u003e\n\u003ctbody style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eVintage Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e9780099539520\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"Binding\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"box-sizing: unset;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"width: 158.583px;\" scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.417px;\" data-th=\"Author\"\u003eDavid Malouf\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154995032253,"sku":"ransom","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/ransom-david-malouf-3424580.jpg?v=1765468458","url":"https:\/\/checkout.diavazo.co.uk\/products\/ransom","provider":"Diavazo Greek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}