{"product_id":"waypoints-9781919639840","title":"Waypoints","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1910, the famed escapologist Harry Houdini made an ill-fated attempt to become the first person to fly an aircraft over Australian soil-yet while Houdini is remembered today for his failure, the true record-holder has been forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow this quirk of history becomes fodder for the obsessions of one Bernard Cripp, the world-weary scion of an ailing family circus, as he tries to unearth every detail of Houdini's flight in order to re-enact it, right down to the crash-landing. But why is Bernard so single-minded? As his manic testimony unspools, his story takes on a darker tone: he is, in fact, in mourning for a wife and child he has lost to the skies, and paralysed by an uncertainty surrounding their deaths. If his efforts to re-create history cannot bring back his loved ones, can they at least bring him peace as he struggles to live with his loss?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Splice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387989856530,"sku":"9781919639840","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_937f6a4b-46a1-4769-a8be-f49bafa9f0e9.jpg?v=1728885513","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/waypoints-9781919639840","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}