{"product_id":"9781529414431","title":"Standing Heavy : Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Gauz, Wynne, Frank\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 26 May 2022 by Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 252 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 21 | 132g\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare, transformative novels' KARIM MISKE'Funny and poignant' TIFFANY TSAO, author of The MajestiesInitially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBabies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in Paris from Cote d'Ivoire, ready to take on the world and become a big somebody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration, and Ossiri and Kassoum navigate a Paris on the brink of momentous change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2010s - In a Sephora on the Champs-Elysees, the all-seeing eyes of a security guard observes the habits of those who come to worship at this church to consumerism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the political bickering of the inhabitants of the Residence for Students from Cote d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy, Ferdinand, Ossiri and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, attempt to make their way as undocumented workers, taking shifts as security at a flour mill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharply satirical, political and poignant, Standing Heavy is a searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption, an unprecedented and unforgettable account of everything that passes under a security guard's gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne'Inventive and very funny' Guardian'A compact, humane satire' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gauz, Wynne, Frank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42537915908280,"sku":"9781529414431","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781529414431.jpg?v=1734708745","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781529414431","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}