{"product_id":"drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead","title":"Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eDrive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive, entertaining noir novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved in the investigation. By no means a conventional crime story, this existential thriller by 'one of Europe's major humanist writers' (Guardian) offers thought-provoking ideas on our perceptions of madness, injustice against marginalized people, animal rights, the hypocrisy of traditional religion, belief in predestination \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and caused a genuine political uproar in Tokarczuk's native Poland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olga Tokarczuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42490379960577,"sku":"9781913097257","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-07-20T121349.469.png?v=1689851641","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}