{"product_id":"the-sparkler-9783988320636","title":"The Sparkler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA dark hymn to pre-Victorian London in all its grotty glory\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Nick Perry, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens is a newly famous author and a man who has only just married. He thinks that he is about to become a father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, then, does he go wandering London after dark and why, under the influence of a famous clown, does he begin an affair with Sarah, a barmaid who works in a North London pub?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile his own descriptions of sex barely exist, he becomes immersed in an affair so all-consuming that his life begins to fall apart. He takes to drink, he develops a liking for rough company, he even steals a necklace. Where will it end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring a Christmas entertainment held in his own house, Dickens, Sarah, and his wife edge towards a confrontation that has the potential to ruin him for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vine Leaves Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50407440875794,"sku":"9783988320636","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82654588-f00d-447b-8992-94e9d2e5117a.jpg?v=1740428331","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sparkler-9783988320636","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}