{"product_id":"after-the-rain-john-bowen-9780571241842","title":"After the Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958 \u003cb\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/b\u003e was described by Angus Wilson as a 'cataclysmic novel . . . as exciting as any deluge you can hope to find; but if you think deluges are too trivial, John Bowen has a surprise for you: his novel turns out to be satire of the first order.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the basement of Foyle's bookshop in the Charing Cross Road in London and moving to rainmaking in Texas, love in Chew Magna, a camp in the Mendips, a storm at sea, sharks, sunstroke, a giant squid and a fight to the death on a raft, \u003cb\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/b\u003e is an adventure story that will keep you gripped to the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating, brilliantly conceived, sharply intelligent and often-funny story, it is a compassionate and well-imagined fable that makes a serious comment on the human situation and established John Bowen as a novelist of depth and skill, drawing comparisons with George Orwell and William Golding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bowen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571241840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571241842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber Finds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"John Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748297978111,"sku":"9780571241842","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-rain-john-bowen-9780571241842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}