{"product_id":"2026200008570-secondhand-the-last-september","title":"The Last September","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 against the turbulent backdrop of the Irish War of Independence in the 1920s, The Last September is a richly atmospheric novel that chronicles the final days of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy through the eyes of young Lois Farquar. With quiet, devastating precision, Bowen captures the languid social rituals of a Big House in County Cork — the tennis parties, the dances, the polite conversations — all unfolding while guerrilla warfare rages just beyond the estate's gates. The novel presents a world poised on the edge of violent transformation, where the characters' inability or unwillingness to confront reality becomes a form of tragedy in itself. Written with prose of extraordinary elegance and psychological depth, it stands as one of the most distinguished Irish novels of the twentieth century, illuminating themes of identity, colonial decline, and the passage from innocence to awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956377039067,"sku":"2026200008570-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3e159b42-bc9a-4743-b031-5849929181d7.png?v=1783500487","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008570-secondhand-the-last-september","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}