{"product_id":"9780752883694-the-flood","title":"The Flood","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the iconic #1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book that began Ian Rankin's phenomenal career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book that began Ian Rankin's phenomenal career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The themes that would come to dominate the Rebus books are already here . the blurred boundaries between \u003cb\u003egood and evil\u003c\/b\u003e; the pull of superstition and myth; \u003cb\u003ethe difficulties in escaping and resolving one's past\u003c\/b\u003e; the emotional complexities of the male of the species; and, not least, a good \u003cb\u003emystery\u003c\/b\u003e' TIME OUT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Miller had always been an outcast. Burnt in a chemical mix as a young girl, sympathy for her quickly faded when the young man who pushed her in died in a mining accident just two days later. From then on she was regarded with a mixture of suspicion and fascination by her God-fearing community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, years later, she is a single mother, caught up in a faltering affair with a local teacher. Her son, Sandy, has fallen in love with a strange homeless girl. The search for happiness isn't easy. Both mother and son must face a dark secret from their past, in the growing knowledge that their small dramas are being played out against a much larger canvas, glimpsed only in symbols and flickering images - of decay and regrowth, of fire and water - of the flood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450676785526,"sku":"9780752883694","price":7.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8004519_jpg.jpg?v=1760453776","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780752883694-the-flood","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}