{"product_id":"9781399640480","title":"O Caledonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO Caledonia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e as her favourite book' \u003c\/b\u003eMaggie O'Farrell    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sparky, funny work of genius' \u003c\/b\u003eAli Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The reader feels unalloyed joy on every page' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the bottom of a great stone staircase, dressed in her mother's black lace evening dress, twisted in murderous death, lies Janet. So end the sixteen years of Janet's short life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life spent in a draughty Scottish castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in the doll's house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA life where Janet is perpetually misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to her own wild and wonderful imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA W\u0026amp;N Essential with an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, surprising, exquisitely written and brilliant on the smelly, absurd, harsh business of growing up' \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Nicholls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful oddity - brief, vivid, eccentric, written with ferocious zest and black humour' \u003c\/b\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReaders love this classic:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Macabre, funny and sad. Beautifully written'  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dizzying heights and depths of despair' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poetically written ... I will read it over and over' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Poetic, magical, disturbing ... and comforting' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I am so happy that I chanced across this book, whilst simultaneously being devastated that I have only just discovered it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026#38; Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57703473840501,"sku":"9781399640480","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781399640480.jpg?v=1793288156","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.info\/products\/9781399640480","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}