{"title":"Books by Rachel Seiffert","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780349014166","title":"Once the Deed Is Done","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE DARK ROOM \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eA BOY IN WINTER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This fine novel investigates the fate of displaced people in the hazardous, dirty backwash of the second world war'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous\u003c\/b\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e a wide-ranging novel that beautifully balances the tumultuous reach of history with the everyday concerns of ordinary people'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eSeiffert's writing beautifully captures this devastating moment of history\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The patron saint of this gripping novel is Bertolt Brecht. 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