{"product_id":"box-hill-adam-mars-jones-9781922310101","title":"Box Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2020 Spectator Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I took one look at him, and I saw what he really wanted.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the Sunday of his eighteenth birthday, in 1975, Colin takes a walk on Box Hill, a biker hang-out in Surrey. Timid, awkward, and very much out of his element, he accidentally trips over Ray, a biker taking a nap under a tree. Ray takes immediate control of the situation, and Colin moves in with him that night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sizzling, sometimes shocking, and strangely tragic love story between two men, Box Hill is a stunning novel of desire and domination by one of Britain's most accomplished writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mars-Jones's prose is exceptionally nimble, dry, humorously restrained, very English, with a little Nabokovian velvet too. He can describe more or less anything and make it interesting.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-James Wood, London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA clever and subtle novel.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-Max Liu, Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Adam Mars-Jones has never needed to write at great length to convince readers of his talent ... Mars-Jones's latest work is a sliver of a novel that provides ample evidence of his prowess ... Box Hill is not a novel for the prudish, but it is a masterclass in authorial control ... Despite its diminutive length, it is rich with detail and complexity, and has plenty to demonstrate Mars-Jones's well-deserved place on any list of our best.'\n\u003cbr\u003e-Alex Nurnberg, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adam Mars-Jones","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43172715692275,"sku":"9781922310101","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781922310101.jpg?v=1662052408","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/box-hill-adam-mars-jones-9781922310101","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}