{"product_id":"swimming-pool-season-tremain-rose","title":"Swimming Pool Season Tremain, Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Swimming Pool Season by Rose Tremain - Preloved Paperback**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRose Tremain serves up a deliciously dark slice of English suburban life in this wickedly entertaining novel. When middle-aged Larry Kendal decides to build a swimming pool, he unleashes a cascade of desires, secrets, and social pretensions that threatens to drown his perfectly manicured world. What starts as a simple home improvement project becomes a battleground for class anxiety, marital discord, and neighborhood rivalry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTremain, Orange Prize winner and literary heavyweight, crafts characters so real you'll cringe with recognition. This biting social satire skewers middle-class aspirations with surgical precision while exploring themes of identity, belonging, and the lengths we go to impress others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of domestic drama with bite - think *Desperate Housewives* meets Joanna Trollope, but sharper. Literary fiction lovers who appreciate psychological insight wrapped in accessible storytelling will devour this gem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis preloved copy from Patina Paperbacks shows love but delivers laughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*\"Tremain captures suburban neurosis brilliantly - I couldn't put it down!\"*\u003cbr\u003e\n*\"Darkly funny and uncomfortably accurate about middle-class life.\"*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patina Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46210601287845,"sku":"BIN-B3-GEN-18881-11-21-2025","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/1407\/9909\/files\/610wW11_2By4L.jpg?v=1763771806","url":"https:\/\/patinapaperbacks.com\/products\/swimming-pool-season-tremain-rose","provider":"Patina Paperbacks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}