{"product_id":"simple-life-nigel-marlin-balchin-9781914076213","title":"Simple Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet Rufus Wade: young, handsome, intelligent and holding down a well-paid job in advertising. All should be well with Rufus, but it is not. Bored with living and working in London, and in search of a simpler, more physical existence in the open air, he chucks in his job, ditches his fiancée and sets off for Wiltshire. At a farm on the edge of Salisbury Plain he meets Pip Mendel and his girlfriend Ruth, who are living exactly the sort of life that Rufus wants. So he moves in with them, and is blissfully happy for a while. But when Mendel becomes violently resentful of the growing attraction between Rufus and Ruth, the simple life turns sour, with dramatic repercussions for all three of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvigorating and amusing, \u003cem\u003eSimple Life\u003c\/em\u003e is also a thoughtful exploration of some aspects of English life in the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eSimple Life\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a graphic and interesting book' - Cyril Connolly, \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'funny and exhilarating' - \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a great pleasure to read' - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Marlin Balchin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914076214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914076213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penhaligon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.74d","brand":"Nigel Marlin Balchin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311139148031,"sku":"9781914076213","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08603d1a-db21-4b81-9e75-f716cfefc632.jpg?v=1730888547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simple-life-nigel-marlin-balchin-9781914076213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}