{"product_id":"jubb-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","title":"Jubb (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Waterhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlice Ferrebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. L. Jubb is thirty-six, married, gainfully employed, and active in his community, both in local government and as a volunteer youth leader working with disadvantaged boys. But as he narrates the story of his downfall, we begin to see that he is other things as well: a voyeur, a fetishist, a racist, an admirer of Mussolini, and above all, a man obsessed by his sexual fantasies. With its unforgettable protagonist - odious yet pitiable, vile yet oddly sympathetic - Keith Waterhouse's third novel is both a gripping case study of a social and sexual misfit and an unsettling but wickedly funny social satire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJubb\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) was a departure from Waterhouse's first two novels, the classic of childhood \u003ci\u003eThere is a Happy Land\u003c\/i\u003e and the comic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e, but like those works it was widely acclaimed by critics, who compared it favorably with Vladimir Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e. This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by Alice Ferrebe and a reproduction of the original dust jacket art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Magnificent ... an achievement that puts Mr. Waterhouse above all his contemporary novelists.' - \u003ci\u003eWashington D.C. Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'An important book and one of the finest in months ... a fascinating novel.' - \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ' A]dmirable . . . indeed a very funny book.' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52539999027507,"sku":"9781941147771","price":41.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NE5nTnZpVmJkdjZFNTBQSHR6bzdqUT09.webp?v=1760867877","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/jubb-valancourt-20th-century-classics-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}