{"product_id":"troy-chimneys-9781946022301","title":"Troy Chimneys","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny\" (Elizabeth Bowen): a Regency novel like none before or since.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroy Chimneys\u003c\/i\u003e purports to be the private memoirs of Miles Lufton, a minor politician of Regency-era Britain. In them he recounts, with tongue partially in cheek, the battle between the two sides of his personality: the man of sensibility versus the ruthless social climber. But as he charms his way into love and power, the duel threatens to destroy him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Margaret Kennedy's later novels, Anita Brookner observed, \"virtue does not triumph, patience is not rewarded, people do not receive . . . their just deserts.\" A tragicomic confession, by a hero worthy of Jane Austen, \u003ci\u003eTroy Chimneys\u003c\/i\u003e is the apogee of Kennedy's late style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946022301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574209978549,"sku":"9781946022301","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_51614d9f-c2a5-40f2-a67d-1d284d724aff.jpg?v=1643691007","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/troy-chimneys-9781946022301","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}