‘Deliciously dark American debut’ – The Guardian<\/i><\/p>\n
A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her husband from his former students – a situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own . . .<\/b><\/p>\n
When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.<\/i><\/p>\n
And so we meet our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose husband, a charismatic professor at the same small liberal arts college, is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extramarital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both.<\/p>\n
And when our unnamed narrator becomes increasingly infatuated with Vladimir, a celebrated, married young novelist who’s just arrived on campus, their tinder-box world comes dangerously close to exploding.<\/p>\n
Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the restrictions of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Darkly funny and moving, Vladimir<\/i> maps the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the messy contradictions of power and desire.<\/p>\n
‘This astonishing debut . . . I was utterly hooked . . . [by] this twisty, sexy, shocking treat of a novel . . . How on earth will Julia May Jonas better this?’ – The Sunday Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A spectacularly daring and original novel of our times, of the culture wars and cancel culture, Vladimir<\/i> explores issues of sex, gender, power, and desire from its own unique perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[858,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-97204","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-general-fiction","6":"product_tag-adult-contemporary-romance","7":"product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction-post-c-1945","8":"pa_book_author-jonas-julia-may","9":"pa_cover-paperback","10":"pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","11":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","12":"pa_imprint-picador","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-8634","15":"pa_publisher-picador","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n