{"product_id":"the-book-of-guilt-catherine-chidgey-1","title":"The Book of Guilt - Catherine Chidgey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780735219335 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a sinisterly skewed version of England in 1979, thirteen-year-old triplets Vincent, Lawrence and William are the last remaining residents of a New Forest home, part of the government’s Sycamore Scheme. Each day the boys must take medicine to protect themselves from a mysterious illness to which many of their friends have succumbed. Children who survive are allowed to move to the Big House in Margate, a destination of mythical proportions, desired by every Sycamore child. Meanwhile, in Exeter, Nancy lives a secluded life with her parents, who never let her leave the house. As the government looks to shut down the Sycamore homes and place their residents into the community, the triplets’ lives begin to intersect with Nancy’s, culminating in revelations that will rock the children to the core. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGradually surrendering its dark secrets,\u003cem\u003e The Book of Guilt\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding novel from one of our greatest storytellers: a profoundly unnerving exploration of belonging in a world where some lives are valued less than others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Grand and devastating, and packed with perfectly timed revelations. This involving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehumane novel brims with vitality – and soul.’ —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant. Chidgey's luxurious and unhurried prose stokes tension in a compulsive thriller.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This is the book of the year.’ —\u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Chidgey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elives in Cambridge and lectures in creative writing at the University of Waikato. The internationally bestselling author of nine novels, she has won the Prize in Modern Letters, the Katherine Mansfield Award, the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, the Janet Frame Fiction Prize, and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction twice. With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wish Child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemote Sympathy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Guilt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecompletes a trilogy of novels about twentieth-century totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e376 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback (small format)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584100122778,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/the-book-of-guilt-9781776923151.png?v=1773271094","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/the-book-of-guilt-catherine-chidgey-1","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}