{"product_id":"broken-word-book-adam-foulds-9780143118091","title":"The Broken Word","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning debut from one of the best British writers to emerge in the past decade. (Julian Barnes) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Adam Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya. Tom, a young man who has returned to his family's farm, rapidly becomes caught up in the intensifying events of violence and brutality in a conflict Foulds illustrates as both utterly contemporary and yet deeply burdened by the history of race and empire in this region. \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Word\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of the Costa (Whitbread) Poetry Award, and Foulds's \u003ci\u003eThe Quickening Maze\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571152855313,"sku":"GOR008835549","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50324701282577,"sku":"CIN0143118099VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143118099.jpg?v=1750694906","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/broken-word-book-adam-foulds-9780143118091","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}