{"product_id":"gods-own-contry","title":"God's Own Contry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGranta Best Young British Novelist and Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, Shortlisted for NINE literary awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Ross Raisin's story of how a disturbed but basically well-intentioned rural youngster turns into a malevolent sociopath is both chilling in its effect and convincing in its execution' J. M. Coetzee \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Utterly frightening and electrifying' Joshua Ferris \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Astonishing, funny, unsettling ... An unforgettable creation [whose] literary forebears include Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield and Alex from \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Remarkable, compelling, very funny and very disturbing . . . like no other character in contemporary fiction' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGod's Own Country\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most celebrated debut novels of recent years, Ross Raisin tells the story of solitary young farmer, Sam Marsdyke, and his extraordinary battle with the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpelled from school and cut off from the town, mistrusted by his parents and avoided by city incomers, Marsdyke is a loner until he meets rebellious new neighbour Josephine. But what begins as a friendship and leads to thoughts of escape across the moors turns to something much, much darker with every step.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Powerful, engrossing, extraordinary, sinister, comic. A masterful debut' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263961809190,"sku":"gods-own-contry","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/28dcbe04-d01e-4aa3-91fc-449fa1f312cd.jpg?v=1701089698","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/gods-own-contry","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}