{"product_id":"flame-of-life-a-star-book","title":"Flame of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portrait of individual and communal struggles to maintain authenticity and revolutionary fervor in 1960s England from award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final installment of the William Posters Trilogy revolves around the plights and foibles of the Handley family commune, which set up camp at the home of the wealthy Myra Bassingfield. There, painter Albert Handley is pursuing a whirlwind existence of art, sex, and chaotic domestic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf his seven children, four are giving him particular grief. His eldest son, Cuthbert, has been kicked out of theological college; his eldest daughter, Mandy, is pregnant by her unstable husband; and two of his younger sons, Richard and Adam, are pillaging army manuals for subversive and revolutionary ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo top it all off, Myra’s lover, Frank Dawley, has returned from gunrunning in Algeria—and brought along his wife and two kids from Nottingham to live in the Buckinghamshire kibbutz. Collective cohabitation soon reveals its downfalls. And when a young Spanish anarchist arrives with assassination on her mind, her trunk full of notebooks may condemn Frank for a sin committed in the African desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the community hangs by a thread, the very notion of revolution comes under scrutiny, begging the question: Can the fire of life burn, even when its flame is no longer in sight? \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Sillitoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346081874089,"sku":"0352397144","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/0352397144.jpg?v=1698729939","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/flame-of-life-a-star-book","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}