{"product_id":"west-9781783784233b","title":"West","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWhen Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of ten-year-old Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge ancient bones have been discovered in a Kentucky swamp, he leaves his small Pennsylvania farm and daughter to find out if the rumours are true: that the giant monsters are still alive, and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWest\u003c\/span\u003e is the extraordinary story of a quest for a myth, of Bellman's journey into the unknown and of Bess, waiting at home for her father to return, facing monsters of her own. It is an eerie and timeless epic-in-miniature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'One of the best books I've read this year... It's a book you can read in a day and that will resonate all year long in your head' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Carys Davies is a deft, audacious visionary... Twisting the heart as few others can...' Téa Obreht, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Tiger's Wife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'This short novel will live on in your imagination long after you read the last page' Claire Messud\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822816694352,"sku":"9781783784233B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781783784233-l.jpg?v=1785889639","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/west-9781783784233b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}