{"product_id":"a-shining-beacon-james-albon-9781603094450","title":"A Shining Beacon","description":"\u003cb\u003ePictures at a revolution: acclaimed graphic novelist James Albon (\u003ci\u003eHer Bark and Her Bite\u003c\/i\u003e) explores the role of the artist in a frighteningly familiar near-future of tyrannical regimes and popular revolts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancesca Saxon, artist and loyal citizen of the nation, is thrilled when she receives a commission to design the central mural of an epic new swimming pool: the jewel in the crown for an insecure regime obsessed by propaganda. Leaving the comfort of her coastal hometown for the lap of luxury of the capital, she is swept up in the paranoia of a government threatened by underground revolutionaries, whose promise of a freer, happier future looks increasingly appealing. Torn between rival factions and her personal loyalties, she realises that when ideology has a stranglehold on art, the picture is rarely pretty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Albon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603094458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603094450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Shelf Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2019","brand":"James Albon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159429050623,"sku":"9781603094450","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa8031db-5103-4910-9cdd-86f484d8b429.jpg?v=1689082551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-shining-beacon-james-albon-9781603094450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}