{"product_id":"9781399640480-o-caledonia","title":"O Caledonia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age novel of troubled adolescence set in the wilds of Scotland, Elspeth Barker's only novel is a dark, glittering gothic classic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sparky, funny work of genius' Ali Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life spent in a draughty Scottish castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in the doll's house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life where Janet is perpetually misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to her own wild and wonderful imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA W\u0026amp;N Essential with an introduction from Maggie O'Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56700074819958,"sku":"9781399640480","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399640480-o-caledonia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}