{"product_id":"hook-line-and-sinker-david-burnell-9781727760255","title":"Hook, Line and Sinker","description":"\u003cb\u003eHook; line; sinke\u003c\/b\u003er: three key ingredients of a short story. Any tale, at least, that's made up of Perils and Predicaments.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vicar had a \"hook\" for his sermon. He would start with a recently-found letter from England's war poet, Wilfred Owen. That would certainly cause a stir . . . Journalist Robbie Glendenning had a \"hook\" for his first article: the man he'd met in the pub claimed to have just witnessed a murder as he cleaned the office windows . . .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"line\" of narrative. Say, who comes next when a Line of monarchy ends. How can William Shakespeare edit the plot? Or the result, when counting sticks are burnt below the House of Lords. Even a young Charles Dickens is lost for words.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"sinker\" to end the story with a bang. The first ever flight: North Yorkshire, 1848; where would it end? And how could a burglar even be late for his own funeral? A collection of twenty tales to entertain and gently probe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan you swallow any of these tales, hook, line and sinker? Top short-story author Iain Pattison wrote of the first story, \"Act of Remembrance\" \". . . a very unusual story, with a quiet thoughtful tone. I was mesmerised from the opening paragraph...\" He declared it the winner of a Writers' Circle short-story competition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Burnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1727760255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781727760255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.40d","brand":"David Burnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873738404095,"sku":"9781727760255","price":7.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hook-line-and-sinker-david-burnell-9781727760255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}