{"product_id":"a-sanctuary-of-sorts-gw-cook-9798657557640","title":"A Sanctuary of Sorts: \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Sanctuary of Sorts: \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique chronicle of dreamers, lost souls, and the downtrodden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith nine tales set in New Zealand suburbs, countryside, small towns and factories, GW Cook stakes his claim as a writer of gritty literary fiction with this debut collection. His deceptively simple prose portrays a broken world, where the banality of life and the intrusion of The Western Dream is the disease, and the merciless response of nature is the cure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tragically failed characters that populate the pages of \u003ci\u003eA Sanctuary of Sorts: \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e are vividly infused with Cook's signature blend of domestic tragedy and farce, dark existential themes, and a bitter sense of irony Writing about the profundity and despair of urban existence, love, relationships, work, despair, life and death, Cook takes an unflinching look into the abyss of modern life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese stories deal with the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into what it is that makes us good or evil and, ultimately, human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gw Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798657557640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Gw Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851831914751,"sku":"9798657557640","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sanctuary-of-sorts-gw-cook-9798657557640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}