{"product_id":"9780571362349-pincher-martin","title":"Pincher Martin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduced by Marlon James\u003cbr\u003eWeathering lightning strikes of memory, he must now reconstruct his fate - piece by terrible piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wizardry of the first order.' \u003c\/b\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrifying .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience a shipwrecked sailor's disintegration into 'a naked madman on a rock' by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced by Marlon James.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn hour on this rock is a lifetime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlistening limpets. Lobster claws. Wild tangles of seaweed. Slowly, his eyes open. Everywhere, there is sea. Only this jagged peak interrupts the vast expanse of the Atlantic: a tooth in a gaping jaw. But he will survive. Rainwater can be drunk; anemones eaten. He dries his oilskin beneath the screaming gulls, and discovers his papers: Christopher Hadley Martin, TY. Lieut., R.N.V.R. Weathering lightning strikes of memory, he must now reconstruct his fate - piece by terrible piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wizardry of the first order.' \u003c\/b\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrifying . Magnificently original.'\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvia Plath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Devastating . Violently real . The unique kind of novel that compels you to reread it.' \u003c\/b\u003eMarlon James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An amazing tour de force . A blow-by-blow struggle for survival.\u003c\/b\u003e' Stephen Spender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immense . To read it is to undergo a shattering and memorable experience.' \u003c\/b\u003eKingsley Amis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master fabulist . An iconoclast.' \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Fowles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536472220022,"sku":"9780571362349","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36388532.jpg?v=1774289055","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571362349-pincher-martin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}