{"product_id":"sugar-and-rum-paperback","title":"Sugar and Rum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Unsworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnable to work on his novel about Liverpool's slave trade, Benson is teaching creative writing and wandering the city. The pupils who bring him their fantasies are a sad, dispossessed group with varying degrees of literary talent. Caught up in a series of bizarre events, Benson nevertheless finds his own imagination sparked by an encounter with two old army colleagues: Thompson, down-and-out and homeless; and Slater, a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. In trying to heal old wounds, Benson unleashes a plan that just may blow up in his face. \"There is a violent resolution to this obsessive and provocative novel that examines the abscesses and abysses beneath the violence of urban life and offers a quixotic personal answer.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e [London] \"Fine descriptive writing and spirited humanity.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e Published for the first time in the United States Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eSacred Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.25 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736869998655,"sku":"9780393318906","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6e9c4cc6472040232d6e01fab6081672_10b84299-f790-4112-b88b-95eef27f5a8d.webp?v=1765148129","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sugar-and-rum-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}