{"product_id":"9780312152093","title":"The Smell of Apples : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Smell of Apples\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mark Behr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the M-Net Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Eugene Marais Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the CNA Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Betty Trask Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booker Prize Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApples\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting story narrated by eleven-year-old Marnus Erasmus, who records the social turmoil and racial oppression that are destroying his own land. Using his family as a microcosm of the corroding society at large, Marnus tells a troubling tale of a childhood corrupted, of unexpected sexual defilements, and of an innocence gone astray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mark Behr has created a portrait of Afrikaner society in the mid 1970s as vivid and powerful as it is chilling.” —\u003ci\u003eClaire Messud, The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is, quite simply, an extraordinary book.” —\u003ci\u003eJean Patteson, Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gripping and disturbing story.” —\u003ci\u003eJ.M. Coetzee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312152093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594759352526,"sku":"9780312152093","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ab25010a-5faa-44c9-abfa-ef3a66ba5e56.jpg?v=1637816944","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312152093","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}