{"product_id":"lucifer-and-the-child-9781783807703","title":"Lucifer and the Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"She did not want to be organised at all. She wanted to be solitary and free.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Jenny Flower, London slum child, who one day, on an outing to the country, meets a Dark Stranger with horns on his head. It is the first day of August-Lammas-a witches' sabbath. Jenny was born on Hallowe'en, and possibly descended from witches herself . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Machen's, \"The White People\", \u003cem\u003eLucifer and the Child\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of witchcraft-or is it? The author does not commit herself; merely stating that the story is open to natural explanation; alternatively, she invites \"the willing suspension of disbelief\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is never any name for the impact of strangeness on the commonplace,\" Mannin writes. With this sensibility \u003cem\u003eLucifer and the Child\u003c\/em\u003e will at last be recognised as a classic of strange fiction and a work to be enjoyed by contemporary lovers of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board, \u003cem\u003eLucifer and the Child\u003c\/em\u003e is now available worldwide in this splendid new edition from Swan River Press featuring an introduction by Rosanne Rabinowitz and cover by Lorena Carrington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Swan River Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918698549522,"sku":"9781783807703","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a95d51e3-15b9-4c71-a66c-cec39ff89fa2.jpg?v=1738886225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lucifer-and-the-child-9781783807703","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}