{"product_id":"unclay-9780811228190","title":"Unclay","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Directions is proud to present one of the most spellbinding novels you will read this year, and certainly the weirdest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1931, \u003cem\u003eUnclay\u003c\/em\u003e glows with an unworldly light--Death has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word \u003cem\u003eunclay\u003c\/em\u003e upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The village teems with the old virtues (love, kindness, patience) and the old sins (lust, avarice, greed). What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of enormous moral force and astonishing beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowys, T. F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - T. F. Powys (1875-1953), a novelist and short-story writer, belonged to one of the most remarkable literary families (his brothers include John Cowper Powys and Llewelyn Powys). He was a man who rarely left home or traveled by car, who claimed to love monotony, and who \"never gave so much as a sunflower-seed for the busy, practical life.\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413230883090,"sku":"9780811228190","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d6296ac1-d7b9-448e-a0c3-b142641d14ed.jpg?v=1729350055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unclay-9780811228190","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}