{"product_id":"dunbar-king-lear-retold-hb","title":"Dunbar: King Lear Retold HB","description":"\u003cp\u003eDunbar (Hogarth Shakespeare)\u003cbr\u003eEdward St Aubyn (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9781101904305 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA reimagining of one of Shakespeare’s most well-read tragedies, by the contemporary, critically acclaimed master of domestic drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. But who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEdward St Aubyn is renowned for his masterwork, the five Melrose novels, which dissect with savage and beautiful precision the agonies of family life. His take on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e, Shakespeare’s most devastating family story, is an excoriating novel for and of our times – an examination of power, money and the value of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardback: 244 pages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e ISBN: 9781101904282\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e13.41 x 2.31 x 21.11 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56561725669754,"sku":"10004014","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2393\/5815\/files\/DunbarHB.png?v=1771490305","url":"https:\/\/shop.rsc.org.uk\/products\/dunbar-king-lear-retold-hb","provider":"The RSC shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}