{"product_id":"king-of-the-badgers-9780865478749","title":"King of the Badgers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar from London's crime and pollution, Hanmouth's wealthier residents live in picturesque, heavily mortgaged cottages in the center of a town packed with artisanal cheese shops and antiques stores. They're reminded of the town's less desirable outskirts--with their grim, flimsy housing stock and chain stores--only when their neighbors have the presumption to claim also to live in Hanmouth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen an eight-year-old girl from the outer area goes missing, England's eyes suddenly turn toward the sleepy town with a curiosity as piercing and unblinking as the closed-circuit security cameras that line Hanmouth's idyllic streets. But somehow these cameras have missed the abduction of the girl, whose name is China. Is her blank-eyed hairdresser mother hiding her as part of a moneymaking hoax? Has she been abducted by one of the lurking perverts the townspeople imagine the cameras are protecting them from? Perhaps more cameras are needed? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, more than one resident of Hanmouth has a secret hidden behind closed doors. There's Sam and Harry, the cheesemonger and aristocrat who lead the county's gay orgies. The quiet husband of postcolonial theorist Miranda (everyone agrees she's marvelous) keeps a male lover, while their daughter disembowels dolls she's named Child Pornography and Slightly Jewish. Moral crusader John Calvin's Neighborhood Watch has an unusual reason for holding its meetings in secret. And, of course, somewhere out there is the house where little China is hidden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the dark hilarity and unflinching honesty of a modern-day \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of the Badgers \u003c\/i\u003edemolishes the already fragile privacy of Hanmouth's inhabitants. These characters, exquisitely drawn and rawly human, proclaim Philip Hensher's status as an extraordinary chronicler of the domestic, and one of the world's most dazzling and ambitious novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Hensher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.74w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865478749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Hensher\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, arts critic for the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Mulberry Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of the Badgers \u003c\/i\u003eand the Booker-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eTheNorthern Clemency\u003c\/i\u003e, and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London and Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40890449854579,"sku":"9.78087E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d312142a-63b5-4613-a37d-fbe26f17e865.jpg?v=1689772925","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/king-of-the-badgers-9780865478749","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}