{"product_id":"caesar-patrick-obrian-9780393321821","title":"Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda Leopard","description":"A stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that would later flower in the Aubrey\/Maturin series. When he was fourteen years old and beset by chronic ill health, Patrick O'Brian began creating his first fictional character. \"I did it in my bedroom, and a little when I should have been doing my homework,\" he confessed in a note on the original dust-jacket. \u003cem\u003eCaesar\u003c\/em\u003e tells the picaresque, enchanting, and quite bloodthirsty story of a creature whose father is a giant panda and whose mother is a snow leopard. Through the eyes and voice of this fabulous creature, we learn of his life as a cub, his first hunting exploits, his first encounters with man, his capture and taming. \u003cem\u003eCaesar\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1930, three months after O'Brian's fifteenth birthday, but the dry wit and unsentimental precision O'Brian readers savor in the Aubrey\/Maturin series is already in evidence. The book combines Stephen Maturin's fascination and encyclopedic knowledge of natural history with the narrative charm of Rudyard Kipling's \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003c\/em\u003e. It was published in England and the United States, and in translation in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Japan. Reviews hailed the author as the \"boy-Thoreau.\" \u003cem\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"We can see here a true storyteller in the making....a gripping narrative, which holds the reader's attention and never flags.\"--\u003c\/em\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick O'Brian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393321827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393321821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.99w x 0.32d","brand":"Patrick O'Brian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946579525887,"sku":"9780393321821","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3cc5754d-2a0d-4bb0-a69d-b267fe74eecc.jpg?v=1681513956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caesar-patrick-obrian-9780393321821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}