{"product_id":"heat-and-dust","title":"Heat And Dust","description":"Product Description       The beautiful, spoiled and bored Olivia, married to a civil servant, outrages society in the tiny, suffocating town of Satipur by eloping with an Indian prince. Fifty years later, her step-granddaughter goes back to the heat, the dust and the squalor of the bazaars to solve the enigma of Olivia's scandal.'A superb book. A complex story line, handled with dazzling assurance . . . moving and profound. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country. This is a book of cool, controlled brilliance. It is a jewel to be treasured' THE TIMES       Book Description       * A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975       About the Author       Ruth Prawer Jhabvala published twelve novels including the Booker Prize-winning Heat and Dust and five volumes of short stories. She also wrote more than a dozen screenplays, including Howard's End and A Room with a View, for both of which she received an Academy Award. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died in 2013.","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40136073773141,"sku":"9780349000138N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/ecbb50af-5553-4493-ab64-3742436208bd.jpg?v=1656143439","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/heat-and-dust","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}