{"product_id":"dreaming-of-babylon-a-private-eye-novel-1942-9781786890443","title":"Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you hire C.Card, you have scraped the bottom of the private eye barrel. And when Card is hired to steal a body from the morgue, he needs to stop dreaming, find bullets for his gun and get there before someone else does. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot since \u003ci\u003eTrout Fishing in America\u003c\/i\u003e has Brautigan so successfully combined his wild sense of humour with his famous poetic imagination. In this parody of the hard-boiled crime novel, the adventures of seedy, not-too-bright C.Card are a delight to both the mind and the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolute original *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eA born writer *  * Sunday Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eRichard Brautigan . . . has invented a genre *  * San Francisco Sunday Examiner \u0026amp; Chronicle *  *\u003cbr\u003eUndoubtedly funny *  * The Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eHe writes with a kind of free-wheeling, zany magic *  * Guardian *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48868382507351,"sku":"9781786890443","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786890443.jpg?v=1722287783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dreaming-of-babylon-a-private-eye-novel-1942-9781786890443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}