{"product_id":"9780008329716","title":"The Shipping News","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnie Proulx's highly acclaimed, international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. While weathering the storm that is his marriage of one-way love to his no-good wife Petal, disaster strikes and Petal is killed in a spectacular road accident.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet adrift on an aimless quest, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - to the remote corners of far-flung Newfoundland. With his delinquent daughters Bunny and Sunshine in tow, Quoyle takes up the post of shipping news reporter, and finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Shipping News is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Annie+Proulx\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eAnnie Proulx\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Annie Proulx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377023238307,"sku":"9780008329716","price":230.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780008329716_c3375cd0-4524-4301-97f5-a35adc1c3dd9.jpg?v=1776449311","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780008329716","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}