{"product_id":"the-pier-falls-mark-haddon","title":"The Pier Falls: Mark Haddon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA seaside pier collapses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA thirty-stone man is confined to his living room.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother woman is saved from drowning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo boys discover a gun in a shoebox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this first collection of stories by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time\u003c\/i\u003e Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mark-haddon-books\"\u003eMark Haddon\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1910702188\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Cape","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47919085617329,"sku":"SB-1910702188-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1910702188.jpg?v=1789441269","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-pier-falls-mark-haddon","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}