{"product_id":"jubb-valancourt-20th-century-classics-keith-waterhouse-9781941147771","title":"Jubb (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"C. L. Jubb is thirty-six, married, gainfully employed, and active in his community, both in local government and as a volunteer youth leader working with disadvantaged boys. But as he narrates the story of his downfall, we begin to see that he is other things as well: a voyeur, a fetishist, a racist, an admirer of Mussolini, and above all, a man obsessed by his sexual fantasies. With its unforgettable protagonist - odious yet pitiable, vile yet oddly sympathetic - Keith Waterhouse's third novel is both a gripping case study of a social and sexual misfit and an unsettling but wickedly funny social satire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJubb\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) was a departure from Waterhouse's first two novels, the classic of childhood \u003ci\u003eThere is a Happy Land\u003c\/i\u003e and the comic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e, but like those works it was widely acclaimed by critics, who compared it favorably with Vladimir Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e. This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by Alice Ferrebe and a reproduction of the original dust jacket art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Magnificent ... an achievement that puts Mr. Waterhouse above all his contemporary novelists.' - \u003ci\u003eWashington D.C. Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'An important book and one of the finest in months ... a fascinating novel.' - \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' A]dmirable . . . indeed a very funny book.' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Waterhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941147771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941147771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Keith Waterhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983902671103,"sku":"9781941147771","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f44a75f-8d83-486e-8c71-9c800a7c4891.jpg?v=1683269379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jubb-valancourt-20th-century-classics-keith-waterhouse-9781941147771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}