{"product_id":"swimming-for-england","title":"Swimming For England","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE JUNE 02, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Martin Goodman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA darkly satirical literary thriller that will captivate readers of transgressive fiction and social critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen Faisal emerges from the English Channel after his record-breaking swim from France, Brian and Eileen Pratchett expect gratitude—after all, they rescued him from the refugee pool, fed him, trained him, transformed him. But Cameron, a young Scottish drifter, has come searching for his brother Malcolm, one of the Pratchetts' earlier 'projects.' Malcolm was going to be a tennis champion. Instead, he disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs Cameron's questions grow more pointed and Faisal's gratitude turns ambiguous, the Pratchetts' carefully maintained facade begins to crack. Behind their respectable seafront home with its immaculate rose garden lies a darker story—one of control, obsession, and the terrible price of failing to meet expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSwimming for England is a masterful psychological portrait that operates simultaneously as thriller, social satire, and searing indictment. Goodman's prose is both beautiful and brutal, his imagery visceral, his characters rendered with uncomfortable intimacy. This is fiction that disturbs, provokes, and lingers—perfect for book clubs seeking compact, challenging material and readers who appreciate the intersection of literary ambition and page-turning suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbican Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47848358674583,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9781917352123_5d72e.jpg?v=1779912371","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/swimming-for-england","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}