{"product_id":"the-fourth-of-june-david-benedictus-9781939140210","title":"The Fourth of June","description":"'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e, Benedictus shows what it was like to have attended Eton College, one of England's most prestigious schools. Among its hallowed buildings, a boy is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain, a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter, and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother. Condemned by some reviewers as a farrago of sex, snobbery, and sadism, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth of June\u003c\/i\u003e nonetheless met with rave reviews from other critics, who proclaimed Benedictus one of the most promising new novelists of his generation, and went on to be a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new edition, the first in more than 30 years, includes an introduction by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Benedictus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939140218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939140210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"David Benedictus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983880028415,"sku":"9781939140210","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0fb5789-2298-40f0-bb39-278ea910831d.jpg?v=1683269254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fourth-of-june-david-benedictus-9781939140210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}