{"product_id":"lucy-9781784633240","title":"Lucy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePickering’s extraordinary wartime novel traces the violent exploits of Operation Lucy – centred on the mysterious ‘Hyman Kaplan’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 July 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Salt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Pickering’s new anti-war novel \u003cem\u003eLucy\u003c\/em\u003e is about obedience and rebellion, how one survivor in the actual and moral wasteland of immediate post-war Berlin takes over the lives of three others, psychologically and sexually, in the way Hitler took over a country. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worldwide protests surrounding the 2024 conflict in Gaza mirror the rebel spirit at the heart of Pickering’s important, groundbreaking novel. Set partly in a German kibbutz, started by Nazis to remove Jews, there is a clash between utopian ideas and the toxic nationalism necessary to found the state of Israel. Operation Lucy, once an idealistic, anti-Nazi espionage ring, of which all the main characters are part, has become a self-devouring monster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucy\u003c\/em\u003e is darkly comic, showing how best intentions, when they pass through the looking-glass of human failings, change to the opposite. Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” means no escape because of contradictory rules, “Lucy” is the Lucifer paradox, where the only good is bad, and only bad is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thrilling, disturbing and utterly compelling read from one of the UK’s most celebrated authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 x 129 x 28 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781784633240\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Pickering","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46450737545466,"sku":"9781784633240","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1721554229437_book.jpg?v=1721759039","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/lucy-9781784633240","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}