{"product_id":"swimming-home-paperback-by-deborah-levy","title":"Swimming Home Paperback by Deborah Levy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e176\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781037802812\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e170.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.19 x 13.16 x 1.14\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD’S AUTHOR OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite.” ―\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out what happens...Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of Levy's wry, accomplished novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An excellent story, told with subtlety and menacing tension.” ―\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, France, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked out of the water and into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Levy's writing combines linguistic virtuosity, technical brilliance and a strong sense of what it means to be alive. A subversively brilliant study of love, \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eDEBORAH LEVY writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and widely translated. She is the author of several highly praised novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e (both Man Booker Prize finalists), \u003ci\u003eThe Unloved,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilly and Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; the acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e; and a three-part autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThings I Don’t Want to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46495432900769,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781037802812","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781037802812.jpg?v=1780388010","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/swimming-home-paperback-by-deborah-levy","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}