{"product_id":"morvern-callar-9780385487412","title":"Morvern Callar","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn utterly unforgettable novel that portrays a vast internal emptiness by using the cool, haunting voice of a young woman in Scotland lost in the profound anomie of her generation--from \"one of the most talented, original and interesting voices around\" (Irvine Welsh, author of \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorvern Callar, a low-paid employee in the local supermarket in a desolate and beautiful port town in the west of Scotland, wakes one morning in late December to find her strange boyfriend has committed suicide and is dead on the kitchen floor. Morvern's reaction is both intriguing and immoral. What she does next is even more appalling. Moving across a blurred European landscape--from rural poverty and drunken mayhem of the port to the Mediterranean rave scene--we experience everything from Morvern's stark, unflinching perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMorvern is utterly hypnotizing from her very first sentence to her last. She rarely goes anywhere without the Walkman left behind as a Christmas present by her dead boyfriend, and as she narrates this strange story, she takes care to tell the reader exactly what music she is listening to, giving the stunning effect of a sound track running behind her voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn much the same way that Patrick McCabe managed to tell an incredibly rich and haunting story through the eyes of an emotionally disturbed boy in \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Warner's \u003ci\u003eMorvern Caller\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALAN WARNER is the author of three novels: \u003ci\u003eMorvern Callar\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film by Lynn Ramsay; \u003ci\u003eThese Demented Lands\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1998 Encore Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, also made into a film.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410811949330,"sku":"9780385487412","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f32c6bb7-0a3f-430c-9157-b78b1bb71a47.jpg?v=1729308525","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/morvern-callar-9780385487412","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}