{"product_id":"the-choice-9781529425758","title":"The Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"The Choice\" is a novel by Michael Arditti that explores desire, sin, and redemption. It follows the story of Clarissa Phipps, who joins the BBC to interview artist Seward Wemlock and becomes involved in a scandal involving his relationship with a teenage model. The novel is a compelling read that handles lightly problems of great moral weight, and is praised for its intellectual richness, joyously acidic dialogue, and three-dimensional narrative. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin, and redemption, by one of our finest chroniclers of faith in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI enjoyed it enormously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is so interesting, the theme so important and pertinent, and the fluency and lightness of touch so engaging to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHILIP PULLMAN has given us a novel very much for our time, good enough to be for all time, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engrossing, three-dimensional, grown-up narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROWAN WILLIAMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect combination of matters ecclesiastical and artistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBursting with intellectual richness and joyously acidic dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObserver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI loved this book for its lightness of touch about serious subjects and for dialogue that glitters like clashing rapiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIRANDA SEYMOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intelligent and entertaining novel that handles lightly problems of great moral weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a woman in the early 1980s, Clarissa Phipps is unable to pursue her priestly vocation. Instead, she joins the BBC, where she is sent to interview the artist Seward Wemlock about the panels he is painting for an ancient Cheshire church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA serious and important writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROSE TREMAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArditti has delivered a complex moral fable with skill and aplomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years on, now rector of that same church, she chances upon Brian, the chief bell-ringer and husband of her closest friend, fondling fifteen-year-old David.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid claims they are in love, but Clarissa is obliged to act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill she choose friendship or conscience, sympathy or her duty of care?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fallout from that choice forces her to reflect on past concerns over Wemlock's relationship with his teenage models.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad she heeded the whispers at the time, how many lives - her own included - would have?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 644g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 165 x 243 x 36 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529425758\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Arditti","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44282926727418,"sku":"9781529425758","price":13.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1685718324015_book.jpg?v=1686916081","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-choice-9781529425758","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}