{"product_id":"2026200008562-secondhand-the-rain-forest","title":"The Rain Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on a lush and politically volatile tropical island, The Rain Forest is a tautly observed novel of marriage, desire, and disillusionment. Olivia Manning — best known for her sweeping The Balkan Trilogy — chronicles the arrival of a young British couple, Hugh and Anne Foster, on the fictional island of Al-Bustan, where the oppressive heat and encroaching jungle mirror the slow decay of their relationship. With the same cool, precise prose that distinguished her wartime sagas, Manning presents a world of colonial twilight, simmering unrest, and human frailty, where the exotic landscape becomes both refuge and trap. The novel argues that love and loyalty are as fragile as the hothouse beauty surrounding them, rendered with quiet intensity and an unflinching eye for social hypocrisy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956374122715,"sku":"2026200008562-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/019ea3ea-3594-421a-a6d9-790d51aaabe1.png?v=1783500473","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008562-secondhand-the-rain-forest","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}