{"product_id":"fanfare-for-tin-trumpets-paperback","title":"Fanfare for Tin Trumpets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargery Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe also made himself a weekly allowance of five shillings for cigarettes, stationery, amusements, shoe-repairs, razor-blades, laundry, toothpaste, hospitality and 'bus fares; and having thus cut his coat to his cloth, wore it in great content.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe only thing he had not allowed for (and this in an author must surely be considered strange) was Love.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon the death of his distant, unaffectionate father, Alistair French, a young store clerk, takes his small inheritance and escapes from the humdrum to a flat in London in order to Write. He and his friend Henry take cheap lodgings in a Paddington boarding-house whose denizens include the spirited, starstruck Winnie Parker, her full-throated mother, who shares Winnie's passion for films if not her admiration for Garbo (\"'Olds 'erself like a sack of potatoes\"), and (generally) an army of Winnie's admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Alistair, faced with the many distractions of Bloomsbury and Bohemia, has considerable trouble getting any writing done. And then there's the biggest distraction of all-a lovely young actress named Cressida who is, to Alistair's chagrin, determined to marry only a man who can further her career. First published in 1932 and out of print for more than 80 years, \u003cem\u003eFanfare for Tin Trumpets\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Margery Sharp's most irresistibly cheerful confections. This new edition features an introduction by twentieth-century women's historian Elizabeth Crawford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We can only hope that this charming piece of impertinence will be widely read for its fine sympathy with youth in all its shapes' \u003cem\u003eAngela Thirkell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728852684863,"sku":"9781913527631","price":22.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd9c8eada26c54ddb0a0b3a7055c6b55.webp?v=1765120019","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fanfare-for-tin-trumpets-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}