{"product_id":"batlava-lake-9781913097622","title":"Batlava Lake","description":"Pristina, Kosovo, 1999. Barry Ashton, recently divorced, has been deployed as a civil engineer attached to the Royal Engineers corps in the British Army. In an extraordinary feat of ventriloquism, Adam Mars-Jones constructs a literary story with a thoroughly unliterary narrator, and a narrative that is anything but comic through the medium of a character who, essentially, is. Exploring masculinity, class and identity, \u003ci\u003eBatlava Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant story of men and war by one of Britain's most accomplished writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Mars-Jones' first collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eLantern Lecture\u003c\/em\u003e, won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1982, and he appeared on \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists lists in 1983 and 1993. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Waters of Thirst\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1993 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber. It was followed by \u003cem\u003ePilcrow \u003c\/em\u003e(2008) and \u003cem\u003eCedilla\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), which form the first two parts of a semi-infinite novel series. His essay \u003cem\u003eNoriko Smiling\u003c\/em\u003e (Notting Hill Editions, 2011) is a book-length study of a classic of Japanese cinema, Yasujiro Ozu's \u003cem\u003eLate Spring\u003c\/em\u003e. His memoir \u003cem\u003eKid Gloves\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Particular Books in 2015. He writes book reviews for the \u003cem\u003eLRB\u003c\/em\u003e and film reviews for the \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380186091794,"sku":"9781913097622","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8d2660b-5c27-44c2-b281-2ec92dac12a6.jpg?v=1728676887","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/batlava-lake-9781913097622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}