{"product_id":"fourth-of-june-book-david-benedictus-9781939140210","title":"The Fourth of June","description":"'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e, Benedictus shows what it was like to have attended Eton College, one of England's most prestigious schools. Among its hallowed buildings, a boy is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain, a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter, and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother. Condemned by some reviewers as a farrago of sex, snobbery, and sadism, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e nonetheless met with rave reviews from other critics, who proclaimed Benedictus one of the most promising new novelists of his generation, and went on to be a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new edition, the first in more than 30 years, includes an introduction by the author.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50994680463633,"sku":"GOR010739601","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055867134225,"sku":"NIN9781939140210","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52403159630097,"sku":"NLS9781939140210","price":25.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52733704601873,"sku":"GOR008482997","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53391387492625,"sku":"CIN1939140218VG","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1939140218.jpg?v=1751187201","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fourth-of-june-book-david-benedictus-9781939140210","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}