{"product_id":"hy-brasil-9781841954110","title":"Hy Brasil","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter fraudulently winning a writing competition, Sidony Redruth is sent by her editor to write the first-ever travel book on Hy Brasil, a near-mythical island somewhere in the Atlantic, whose very existence has been a matter of debate as late as the nineteenth century. \u003cbr\u003eElphinstone's plot takes the island location as its starting point, throws in some old-fashioned piracy, a lost treasure, modern-day drug smuggling, political intrigue, an active volcano and a tragic love affair. Told through Sidony's notes for her book, \u003ci\u003eHy Brasil\u003c\/i\u003e has all the elements of an adult adventure story, but it is also a contemporary thriller with literary influences ranging from \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Incomer\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eA Sparrow's Flight\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eIslanders\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Road\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eHy Brasil\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eVoyageurs\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eLight\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, \u003ci\u003eAnd Some There Be\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives in Glasgow and teaches at the University of Strathclyde.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363300184338,"sku":"9781841954110","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0be98fd-581e-4797-8e38-3d757c5cbb1d.jpg?v=1728410846","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hy-brasil-9781841954110","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}