{"product_id":"9781741211474-secondhand-fame-is-the-spur","title":"Fame Is The Spur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the slums of Manchester to the corridors of Westminster, Fame is the Spur chronicles the extraordinary rise of Hamer Shawcross, a charismatic working-class boy who transforms himself into one of Britain's most powerful politicians — and in doing so, loses everything that once made him worth knowing. Howard Spring's sweeping 1940 novel traces the arc of a man consumed by ambition, mapping his journey from passionate socialist agitator to a grandee of the establishment, all while the ideals that once fired his soul are quietly traded away for prestige and comfort.\n\nSpring writes with a sharp, morally serious intelligence, drawing on the grand tradition of the English social novel to construct a portrait of political corruption that is as intimate as it is devastating. The novel stands as a searing indictment of the seductive power of fame and status, asking whether a life spent climbing is worth the inevitable betrayal of one's origins. At its heart, Fame is the Spur is a tragedy of conscience — and the reader is left to wonder whether Hamer ever truly believed in anything at all, or simply in himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210290667739,"sku":"9781741211474-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6f2bc5d3-36fc-4d25-995a-3d4d86246685.png?v=1788268986","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781741211474-secondhand-fame-is-the-spur","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}