{"product_id":"2026600003055-secondhand-peter-smarts-confessions-signed","title":"Peter Smart's Confessions (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Signed bookplate. Boards - good. Binding - tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Peter Smart's Confessions chronicles the life of its titular narrator as he reflects on a childhood marked by poverty, emotional neglect, and the struggle to forge an identity in mid-twentieth-century England. Paul Bailey constructs the novel as a series of intimate, confessional monologues, giving Peter Smart a voice that is simultaneously wry, melancholic, and achingly honest. The narrative uncovers the psychological wounds inflicted by an unloving mother and an absent father, illustrating how early trauma shapes a man's entire emotional landscape. Bailey's prose is spare yet deeply compassionate, presenting a portrait of working-class life with unflinching clarity and a dark, understated wit. A profound meditation on memory, loneliness, and the need for human connection, this novel stands as one of Bailey's most personal and affecting achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810630807771,"sku":"2026600003055-SECONDHAND","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/038dbb4d-73ad-4437-ba86-2664c91eace9.png?v=1779806246","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600003055-secondhand-peter-smarts-confessions-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}