{"product_id":"extinctions","title":"Extinctions","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe hated the word 'retirement', but not as much as he hated the word 'village', as if ageing made you a peasant or a fool. Herein lives the village idiot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. His wife, Martha, is dead and his two adult children are lost to him in their own ways. Surrounded and obstructed by the debris of his life - objects he has collected over many years and tells himself he is keeping for his daughter - he is determined to be miserable, but is tired of his existence and of the life he has chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a series of unfortunate incidents forces him and his neighbour, Jan, together, he begins to realise the damage done by the accumulation of a lifetime's secrets and lies, and to comprehend his own shortcomings. Finally, Frederick Lothian has the opportunity to build something meaningful for the ones he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHumorous, poignant and galvanising by turns, Extinctions is a novel about all kinds of extinction - natural, racial, national and personal - and what we can do to prevent them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417007669497,"sku":"9781742588988","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/11791563482808.jpg?v=1771028533","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/extinctions","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}