{"product_id":"books-the-memorial-by-james-h-amos","title":"The Memorial","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the aftermath of World War I, Christopher Isherwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial \u003c\/i\u003eis the witty, almost forensic portrayal of the dissolution of a tradition-bound English family. On the cusp of adulthood, the Cambridge student Eric Vernon finds himself torn between his desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice before dying in the war, and his envy of his father's roguish friend who survived the war and afterward threw himself into gay life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1932, when Isherwood was twenty-eight years old, \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial \u003c\/i\u003eis the novel in which a dazzlingly talented young writer found his literary voice, the book in which Isherwood became Isherwood.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770132160785,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780595174409.jpg?v=1783956362","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-memorial-by-james-h-amos","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}