{"product_id":"9781529439380-my-yellow-submarine","title":"My Yellow Submarine","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant, life-affirming coming of age novel by one of the great Icelandic writers of our times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA middle-aged man on a bench in a London park sees Paul McCartney sitting nearby. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wonders whether he should go over and offer him a book, the \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e. But first he must collect his thoughts. His imagination runs away with him, and he thinks back to his own youth . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mother plays 'Yellow Submarine' on the harmonica to her seven-year-old son. She dies and leaves a void. A few months later, The Beatles split up. Another great loss in the boy's life. A distant father doesn't make things easier. Only when the boy starts borrowing books from the library does he understand the direction his life should take. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYellow Submarine\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful and life-affirming novel that sees a boy's childhood linked to the timeless story of that is the \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, to The Beatles, and to Iceland in the eighties. A compelling read, written with great feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton\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":57358225506678,"sku":"9781529439380","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529439380-my-yellow-submarine","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}