{"product_id":"the-photograph-9780142004425","title":"The Photograph","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Britain's most talented and experienced writers. The closer you look the more mystery you see.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e (London)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA seductive and hugely suspenseful novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively, about what can happen when you look too closely into the past \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSearching through a little-used cupboard at home, Glyn Peters chances upon a photograph he has never seen before. Taken in high summer, many years earlier, it shows his wife, Kath, holding hands with another man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlyn's work as a historian should have prepared him for unexpected findings and reversals, but he is ill-prepared for this radical shift in perception. His mind fills with questions. Who was the man? Who took the photograph? Where was it taken? When? Had Kath planned for him to find out all along? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Glyn begins to search for answers, he, and those around him, find the certainties of the past and present slip away, and the picture of the beautiful woman they all thought they knew distort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePropelled by the author's signature mastery of narrative and psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Photograph\u003c\/i\u003e is Lively at her very best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penelope Lively\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142004425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Lively grew up in Egypt but settled in England after the war and took a degree in history at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son and four grandchildren, and lives in Oxfordshire and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/b\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003cb\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/b\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003cb\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/b\u003e. Her novels include \u003cb\u003ePassing On\u003c\/b\u003e, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, \u003cb\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively has also written radio and television scripts and has acted as presenter for a BBC Radio 4 program on children's literature. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43331485237363,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c2fd1939-4968-4261-a3cf-e448a975e7b5.jpg?v=1754655759","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-photograph-9780142004425","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}