{"product_id":"books-extinctions-by-josephine-wilson","title":"Extinctions","description":"Winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Award\n\nProfessor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life, he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.\n\nWhen a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.\n\nHumorous, poignant and galvanising, this is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771143577873,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781788160766.jpg?v=1783966053","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-extinctions-by-josephine-wilson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}