{"product_id":"a-gentle-occupation-dirk-bogarde-9781448206841","title":"A Gentle Occupation","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1980, this is Dirk Bogarde's first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst attempting to return the island to Dutch control, they are subject to violent attacks by the locals who want their freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Empire crumbles, the island is plunged into chaos and violence amidst a nationalist uprising. Selfishness, sex, greed, fear and revenge, all play their part; though so too do the finer instincts of love, loyalty and concern. At times gloriously funny, never sitting in judgement, Dirk Bogarde portrays mankind's fallible, complex humanity as the thin skin of conventional behaviour, tautened in the corrosive atmosphere of Southeast Asia, gradually begins to split.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Bogarde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1448206847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448206841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.05d","brand":"Dirk Bogarde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747632795903,"sku":"9781448206841","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab37547f-164a-4fd8-b929-e207b8108378.jpg?v=1743584285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-gentle-occupation-dirk-bogarde-9781448206841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}