{"product_id":"country-people-1","title":"Country People By Mason, Daniel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e'THE BOOK OF THE SUMMER' Mick Herron \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GOOD MORNING AMERICA PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eNORTH WOODS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is, simply put, a JOYFUL book - and the deeper you dig, the more joyful it becomes'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Very FUNNY . . . a PERFECT SUMMER ESCAPE . . . as tasty and oddly shaped as an organic apple'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Mason deftly delivers larks aplenty, POIGNANCY, gentle satire and some top-tier farce. Be warned that the latter may cause you to spontaneously erupt with mirth in public places. This book DISPELS GLOOM: go for it'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There's genuine ENCHANTMENT in this earthy tale of city folk transplanted to rural New England . . . It's a WARM and delightfully whimsy free take on fables and family' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A CHARMING book about ambition, marriage and country living'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times Style\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'VIRTUOSIC' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eR4 Front Row\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'LYRICAL and JOYFUL' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Jessica Parker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Told with WARMTH and WIT, Mason's prose shimmers in this immersive ode to stories, to the land, and its people'\u003cb\u003e Lucy Steeds, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book to make the world feel a little LIGHTER, a little warmer' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Charles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he's become a disappointment to his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when his wife Kate accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the far away forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, who possesses, in Kate's, words, 'a great capacity to fall in with anyone, anywhere'. Soon he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales - from a ghostly tree surgeon, to a scythe-mad biochemist, a Shakespearean temptress, and a photographer of snowflakes - until at last he stumbles upon a bizarre local legend, which, he begins to suspect, might not be a legend at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA FAMILY'S NEW BEGINNING. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LOCAL'S OLDEST LEGEND. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Daniel Mason \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A virtuoso' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Has the born storyteller's gift' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Genius' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brave and original' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Never fails to surprise and delight' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Teases out the joy and meaning in the sometimes small lives of his characters' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Shows us what is possible when a writer lets his hair down' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820690874750,"sku":"NW9781399835022","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399835022.jpg?v=1786169047","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/country-people-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}