{"product_id":"the-long-long-afternoon-9781838772284","title":"The Long, Long Afternoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Stylist Best New Fiction of 2021 Selection, this stunning 1950s set debut mystery is a perfect summer read.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkably assured debut. A tale of inequality, broken dreams and quiet desperation behind a picture-perfect facade' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A clever and absorbing debut by Inga Vesper, who bricks Joyce up in her perfect house, then smashes it to pieces with aplomb' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYesterday, I kissed my husband for the last time . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the sun. At some point during the long, long afternoon, Joyce Haney, wife, mother, vanishes from her home, leaving behind two terrified children and a bloodstain on the kitchen floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the Haney's neighbours get busy organising search parties, it is Ruby Wright, the family's 'help', who may hold the key to this unsettling mystery. Ruby knows more about the secrets behind Sunnylakes' starched curtains than anyone, and it isn't long before the detective in charge of the case wants her help. But what might it cost her to get involved? In these long hot summer afternoons, simmering with lies, mistrust and prejudice, it could only take one spark for this whole 'perfect' world to set alight . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beguiling, deeply atmospheric debut novel from the cracked heart of the American Dream,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Long, Long Afternoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once a page-turning mystery and an intoxicating vision of the ways in which women everywhere are diminished, silenced and ultimately under-estimated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEveryone is talking about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Long, Long Afternoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Beguiling and evocative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evivid and atmospheric\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pageturner will keep readers guessing all the way to its satisfying finale'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Beautifully crafted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, claustrophobic and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecompelling. As delicious as a long drink on a hot day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eStacey Halls, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Familiars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Foundling\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Such a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evivid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e atmosphere of stifling LA heat and stifling 50s domesticity'\u003cbr\u003eClare Chambers, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBreathtakingly stylish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, hypnotic and masterfully gripping'\u003cbr\u003eChris Whitaker, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Begin at the End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Waterstones Thriller of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A triumph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e What a pleasure to read something\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efresh and original.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e For once the hype is justified and Inga \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVesper's gripping page turner must surely now be bound for Netflix'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etasty, tense, page-turning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combo of James Ellroy and Kate Atkinson with a bit of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMad Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e thrown in'\u003cbr\u003eLiz Hyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFor fans of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRevolutionary Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMad Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ean atmospheric tale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof repression and style at the heart of the American Dream' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manilla Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42770025775310,"sku":"9781838772284","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781838772284_a.png?v=1724322848","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/the-long-long-afternoon-9781838772284","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}