{"product_id":"if-the-invader-comes","title":"If the Invader Comes","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClarice Pike and Vic Warren are from completely different backgrounds. An impossible affair has already driven them thousands of miles apart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e1939 finds Clarice in Malaya where her father is an obscure company doctor, and Vic in East London, an unemployed shipwright badly married to Phylis, Clarice's cousin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003eAs their feelings conspire to draw the lovers back together, the world erupts with a terrible violence. It is the relentlessness of male brutality that forces Vic to grope towards what real manhood might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e'If the Invader Comes' combines themes from Derek Beaven's previously acclaimed 'Newton's Niece' and 'Acts of Mutiny' to portray a wartime England where human relationships are threatened as much from within the family as from occupied Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExciting, moving and ultimately optimistic, Derek Beaven's new novel represents a daring leap in British fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Derek Beaven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753672642729,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/comes_d1cf1589-0aa6-4bbf-b966-6eb0a02a65e7.jpg?v=1668742381","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/if-the-invader-comes","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}