{"product_id":"the-shooting-party-isbn-9781582435930","title":"The Shooting Party","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully crafted novel, remarkably visual and evocative. The characters are caught in stunning images and tableaux that convey the essence of their natures, the sweep of their emotions.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the autumn of 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby assembles a brilliant array of guests at his Oxfordshire estate for the biggest pheasant hunt of the season. An army of gamekeepers, beaters, and servants has rehearsed the intricate age-old ritual, and everything about this splendid weekend promises a perfect consummation of the pleasures afforded the privileged in Edwardian England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet it is not: the moral and social code of this group is not so secure as it appears. Competition beyond the bounds of sportsmanship, revulsion at the slaughter of the animals, anger at the inequities of class—these forces are about to rise up and engulf the assured social peace, a peace that can last only a brief while longer. In imagining Sir Randolph’s shooting party, wrote T\u003ci\u003ehe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, “Colegate has found a perfect metaphor for the passing of a way of life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely piece of writing, in which subtlety, irony, and close observation abound.\" —Larry McMurtry\u003c\/b\u003e\"A beautifully crafted novel, remarkably visual and evocative. The characters are caught in stunning images and tableaux that convey the essence of their natures, the sweep of their emotions.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Colegate's prose is dimly luminous, like ancient silver . . . A feast of elegant writing.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A novel of unusual force and flavor.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Colegate explores a world—upper-class England on the eve of the Great War—with affection and distance, recording its grace as well as its cruelty . . . finally making it both meaningful and moving.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poised, wry, lovable, informative . . . An utterly complete rendering of a way of life.\" —Gail Godwin, author of \u003ci\u003eQueen of the Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely piece of writing, in which subtlety, irony, and close observation abound.\" —Larry McMurtry\u003cb\u003eISABEL COLEGATE\u003c\/b\u003e was the acclaimed author of many bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStatues in a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWinter Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Shooting Party\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1980, was an international bestseller and the winner of the W. H. Smith Literary Award for the British book of the year. It was made into a celebrated motion picture starring James Mason, Edward Fox, and John Gielgud. Colegate lived near Bath, England, and died in 2023.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300085092581,"sku":"NP9781582435930","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582435930.jpg?v=1767741501","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-shooting-party-isbn-9781582435930","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}