{"product_id":"a-candle-in-the-bottle-josh-bircham-9781836885443","title":"A Candle In the Bottle: A dark satire about love, loss and the moments in between","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris is dying, and he's decided to take fate into his own hands.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a hotel in Zurich with his nephew, Adam, as witness to the end, the pair do what they've always done: drink too much and avoid what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the city pulls them into strange days and stranger nights-burning snowmen, jazz clubs, bar magicians, awkward dances, a black cat, and of course, women-the carefully planned goodbye begins to unravel into something messier, funnier, and far more human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Candle In the Bottle\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly humorous meditation on assisted dying, grief, failed intimacy, aging youth, and the absurd necessity of laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of bittersweet literary fiction, existential tragicomedies, and beautifully messy stories about love, loss, and the moments in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josh Bircham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183688544X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836885443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J.Bircham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Josh Bircham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801073594623,"sku":"9781836885443","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-candle-in-the-bottle-josh-bircham-9781836885443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}