{"product_id":"rare-stories-liam-bell-9781914199387","title":"Rare Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by words marked as \"rare\" in the Oxford English Dictionary, this A-Z showcases the imaginative, characterful, and inventive possibilities of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a woman trapped in her cul-de-sac to a pilot with a pig gristle nose, the collection travels through small-town Northern Ireland and feuding museums in Malta, encounters a girl who has befriended a taxidermied deer, a man who sells fake chameleons, and an expectant father who loses himself in jazz music. Often weird and wonderful, the thousand-word stories in this collection take on the rare words which sparked them from a slant and, in doing so, produce a series of entertaining and darkly-humorous snapshots of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liam Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914199383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914199387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridge House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Liam Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809798615295,"sku":"9781914199387","price":9.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20715858-3e51-4302-81f7-fbd33ba6a9ca.jpg?v=1707927503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rare-stories-liam-bell-9781914199387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}