{"product_id":"seven-types-of-ambiguity-by-elliot-perlman-1","title":"'Seven Types of Ambiguity' by Elliot Perlman","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA big, clever, emotionally messy novel about obsession, class, sex, friendship, betrayal, and people trying to survive themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"1190\"\u003eAt its centre is a man who cannot let go of a past relationship, but Perlman uses that fixation to pull half a dozen lives into collision: lawyers, teachers, therapists, children, ex-lovers, the professionally articulate and the privately deranged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"1190\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePerlman is excellent on the overlap between desire, class, self-mythology and damage; the book moves like a psychological thriller but has the reach of a proper social novel. Dense, funny, morally slippery, and far more gripping than the phrase “literary fiction” usually promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned first Australian edition. Picador, 2003. Paperback. Signed by Elliot Perlman on title page. Great condition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44283064352851,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-29T112345.594.png?v=1774743838","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/seven-types-of-ambiguity-by-elliot-perlman-1","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}