{"product_id":"9780008332600","title":"This Lovely City","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hare, Louise\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 4 February 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers (HQ) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 27 | 274g\u003cp\u003e*As seen on the new BBC TWO TV book club, Between the Covers*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Indie Book of the Month for March, selected by the Booksellers Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  One of OBSERVER’S 10 best debut novelists of 2020 \/ WOMAN \u0026amp; HOME Best of 2020 \/ EVENING STANDARD Best books of 2020 \/ MAIL ON SUNDAY 2020 Highlights \/ I Best of 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Full of life and love . . . it made my heart soar, and should be on every Londoner’s shelf’ Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘The writing is wonderful; London’s energy runs right through it; the characters leap off the page. I was truly sad to leave them behind’ Adam Kay, Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Convincing and involving’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Fans of Zadie Smith and Andrea Levy won’t want to miss Louise Hare’s enthralling debut novel’ Elle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * * *The drinks are flowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music is playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the party can’t last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With the Blitz over and London reeling from war, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England’s call for help. Fresh off the Empire Windrush, he’s taken a tiny room in south London lodgings, and has fallen in love with the girl next door. Lawrie has poured his heart into his new home – and it’s alive with possibility. Until, one morning, he makes a terrible discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the local community rallies, fingers of blame are pointed at those who had recently been welcomed with open arms. And, before long, the newest arrivals become the prime suspects in a tragedy which threatens to tear the city apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Atmospheric, poignant and compelling, Louise Hare’s debut shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects. But, also, that there is always hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e MORE PRAISE FOR THIS LOVELY CITY:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I loved, loved, loved it’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Full to the brim with such complete joys and heart-aching tragedies . . . you can feel the warmth and colour emanating from the pages’ Magic Radio Book Club\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hare, Louise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666486071480,"sku":"9780008332600","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780008332600.jpg?v=1734746794","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780008332600","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}