{"product_id":"black-dove","title":"Black Dove By Colin Mcadam","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Stark and beautiful, horrifying and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove''s\u003c\/i\u003e pages thrum with flight, transformation, grief, revenge, transcendence, the remorseless power of stories and the very nature of creation. Ever since reading, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e has drifted in and out of my dreams.” —Helen Macdonald, author \u003ci\u003eH Is For Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a tall and narrow house, on a stained and busy street, live  twelve-year-old Oliver and his father, a story-loving writer. Haunted by  the ghost of his alcoholic mother, Oliver finds comfort in his father’s  impromptu tales: the \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, an elusive flower that gives strength;  the girl who consumes it as she battles attackers and yearns for  happier realms. Stories where lonely souls keep searching despite their losses and grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning  from a bully one night, Oliver hides in a junk shop owned by an  enigmatic man. Soon, instead of hiding in the janitor’s closet after  school, Oliver spends afternoons in the shop, a cavernous place full of  storied oddities and grubby wonders where creatures rise up from the  basement. A snake in the shape of a boy. A hunter named Night, part panther, part hound, who proves to Oliver that the world holds invisible wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWanting  to forget his mother, afraid of his own genes, constantly harassed by  bullies, Oliver joins the shop owner in experimenting with dangerous forms of genetic editing. Meanwhile, he meets the girl from  across the street, and their friendship grows in a neighbourhood where magic is real, where murderers gather, and where the darker consequences of fantasies play out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA  twisting story of grief and revenge, \u003ci\u003eBlack Dove\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling read  with its own kind of magic. In rich but tightly reined prose, McAdam celebrates the value and shortfalls of storytelling, finding a light in  all the darkness to conjure a tender portrait of childhood’s end.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57821125706110,"sku":"NW9781641294225","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781641294225.jpg?v=1786185712","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/black-dove","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}