{"product_id":"9781529979701","title":"The Porpoise","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Haddon, Mark | Oceans \u0026amp; seas \u003cbr\u003ePublished 05\/03\/2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Shakespeare Retold series \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 25mm | 236g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShakespeare’s Pericles is transformed by Mark Haddon into a vivid, breathtaking adventure that zooms between antiquity and the present day. A motherless girl grows up in isolated luxury, hidden from the world by her wealthy father. She believes their life together is normal – but as time passes, she has a growing sense that something between them is very wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe cannot escape, so she seeks solace in her books. Her favourite tales are those that conjure ancient worlds – of angry gods and heroic mortals, one of whom will some day come to her rescue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, she will forget where the page ends and her mind begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Just downright brilliant... a transcendent, transporting experience’ Observer‘A full-throttle blast of storytelling mastery’ Max PorterSHAKESPEARE RETOLD: Time travel. Zombies. Power-hungry media moguls. This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before: nine iconic plays transformed by the best novelists of our time, with covers by Michael Craig-Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56816226763127,"sku":"9781529979701","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781529979701.jpg?v=1772447929","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529979701","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}