{"product_id":"2026200009623-secondhand-the-heat-of-the-day","title":"The Heat Of The Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good — showing age-appropriate wear. Jacket: Worn\/faded, with chipping and wear on edges and corners; teal\/blue dust jacket intact but showing significant wear. Page Condition: Yellowed — pages have tanned with age, consistent with a 1949 printing. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Appears intact and solid. Stickers\/Labels: None visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the tense, blackout-shrouded backdrop of wartime London, The Heat of the Day is a masterwork of psychological suspense and literary fiction. Elizabeth Bowen chronicles the affair between Stella Rodney, a widow working in British intelligence, and Robert Kelway, a man accused of passing secrets to the enemy by the shadowy and unsettling Harrison, who offers Stella a sinister bargain. The novel captures the moral ambiguity and emotional dislocation of the Blitz era with remarkable precision, rendering the psychological toll of war on personal identity and intimate relationships. Bowen writes with a dense, poetic intensity that immerses the reader in the fragmented consciousness of her characters, making this one of the finest British novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888015552731,"sku":"2026200009623-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/78e36788-c7db-4242-b0ba-c1f52c513412.png?v=1781752865","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009623-secondhand-the-heat-of-the-day","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}