{"product_id":"shuttlecock-book-graham-swift-9780330353717","title":"Shuttlecock","description":"Prentis, senior clerk in the 'dead crimes' department of police archives, is becoming more and more confused. Alienated from his wife and children, and obsessed by his father, a wartime hero now the mute inmate of a mental hospital, Prentis feels increasingly unsettled as his enigmatic boss, Mr Quinn, turns his investigation towards him - and his father. Gradually Prentis suspects that his father's breakdown and Quinn's menacing behaviour are connected and the link is to be found in his father's memoirs, \"Shuttlecock\". 'Excellent, profound' - Alan Hollinghurst, \"London Review of Books\". 'An astonishing study of forms of guilt, laced with a thread of detection, and puckering now and then into outrageous humour' - \"Sunday Times\". 'A superbly written claustrophobic account of power that corrupts private and public life and of guilt that becomes obsession' - \"Daily Telegraph\". 'Swift's central strength as a writer is his integrity. Story and character are treated with a seriousness and respect that while allowing for the oddity of human behaviour - \"Shuttlecock\" is thoroughly and beautifully odd - always honours them' - \"Times Literary Supplement\". 'Serious, moving and often very funny indeed' - \"Observer\".","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534814814481,"sku":"GOR000384427","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50277901992209,"sku":"GOR000226489","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330353713.jpg?v=1751038554","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/shuttlecock-buch-graham-swift-9780330353717","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}