{"product_id":"the-smell-of-apples-mark-behr-9780312152093","title":"The Smell of Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the M-Net Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Eugene Marais Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the CNA Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Betty Trask Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booker Prize Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApples\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting story narrated by eleven-year-old Marnus Erasmus, who records the social turmoil and racial oppression that are destroying his own land. Using his family as a microcosm of the corroding society at large, Marnus tells a troubling tale of a childhood corrupted, of unexpected sexual defilements, and of an innocence gone astray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Behr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312152094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312152093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Mark Behr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946428301567,"sku":"9780312152093","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0f1e7ec9-d76c-4ab2-81fd-24f7e0671836.jpg?v=1681513090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-smell-of-apples-mark-behr-9780312152093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}