{"product_id":"o-caledonia","title":"O Caledonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e''I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named \u003ci\u003eO Caledonia\u003c\/i\u003e as her favourite book'' Maggie O''Farrell    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A sparky, funny work of genius and one of the best least-known novels of the 20th Century'' Ali Smith    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Funny, surprising, exquisitely written and brilliant on the smelly, absurd, harsh business of growing up. The Brontë sisters and Poe via Dodie Smith and Edward Gorey'' David Nicholls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An absolute sumptuous treat of a book'' Elizabeth Macneal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A wonderful oddity - brief, vivid, eccentric, written with ferocious zest and black humour'' Penelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The words sing in their sentences'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The reader feels unalloyed joy on every page'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVera was painting the pony''s hooves gold in the dining room; Janet said this was bad for him; poison would seep into his bloodstream.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the bottom of a great stone staircase, dressed in her mother''s black lace evening dress, twisted in murderous death, lies Janet. So end the sixteen years of Janet''s short life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life spent in a draughty Scottish castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in the doll''s house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA life where Janet is perpetually misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to her own wild and wonderful imagination.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAGGIE O''FARRELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304256217470,"sku":"NW9781474620512","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781474620512.jpg?v=1778263536","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/o-caledonia","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}