{"product_id":"our-noble-selves-isbn-9780385551168","title":"Our Noble Selves","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thrilling tale of post-World War II London where the peace proves as tricky to navigate as the past, from the #1 international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain in 1949 from Singapore, he takes a quiet office job with The Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor to celebrate British creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins an oddball team of misfits, ne'er-do-wells, and downright chancers helping to ready the Festival of Britain for launch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when one of Flynn’s lady friends goes missing, Flynn is thrust into the center of the investigation. At first, he finds the suspicions surrounding him preposterous. But it’s true he has no memory of how their evening ended. As evidence mounts, Flynn begins to wonder, could he be to blame? And, more importantly, could any of his new friends actually be foes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her unique portraiture of place and delightful prose, Atkinson turns her light on a nation reconstructing its image and the lengths some might go to determine its future. Witty, brilliantly plotted, and gripping as ever, \u003ci\u003eOur Noble Selves\u003c\/i\u003e cements Atkinson’s place as one of the greatest chroniclers of our times.KATE ATKINSON is one of the world’s foremost novelists whose most recent stand-alone work was the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the aftermath of the First World War. She won the Whitbread (Costa) Book of the Year Award with her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around the Second World War are \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a worldwide bestseller, \u003ci\u003eA God in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e (both winners of the Costa Novel Award) and \u003ci\u003eTranscription\u003c\/i\u003e. Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie—\u003ci\u003eCase Histories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Good Turn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen Will There Be Good News?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStarted Early, Took My Dog—\u003c\/i\u003ebecame a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie later returned in the novels \u003ci\u003eBig Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath at the Sign of the Rook\u003c\/i\u003e. Atkinson was awarded an MBE in 2011 and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233458663653,"sku":"NP9780385551168","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/our-noble-selves-isbn-9780385551168","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}