{"product_id":"set-at-random-the-book-that-wouldnt-lie-down-paperback","title":"Set at Random: The Book That Wouldn't Lie Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeclan Dunne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA teenage boy from the Texas heartland is drawn into a comedy whirlwind; rolling up his sleeves in the fight to publish the most outrageous book ever written. Set Wright blazes a trail through suffocating censors and puritanical organizations to help lift the US ban on James Joyce's Ulysses. The battle culminates in the greatest literary trial of the twentieth century; pitting the publishers, Random House, against the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which views Ulysses as scandalous and obscene. Amid the trampoline exhilarations and swamp-sucking drama of the court case, Set's odyssey leads him to first love and having to make a cliff-edge decision both surprising and revelatory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeclan Dunne has written \"Peter's Key - Peter DeLoughry and the fight for Irish Independence\" and a bestseller in Ireland, \"Mulligan's - Grand Old pub of Poolbeg Street,\" both published by Mercier Press. He has also written \"Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre\" a screenplay in French and several plays in English including \"Whispers to the boy unseen.\" He lives in Dublin where he works as a journalist with Ireland's national broadcasting company, RTE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42741800796223,"sku":"9781724899620","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c9c3064f81b916a654e463bd89715a26.webp?v=1765161784","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/set-at-random-the-book-that-wouldnt-lie-down-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}