{"product_id":"serpent-in-paradise-dea-birkett-9780385488716","title":"Serpent in Paradise","description":"Lost in the surf of the South Pacific lies a speck of volcanic rock. Home to thirty-eight islanders--descendants of the Bounty mutineers--Pitcairn has no cars, no crime, no doctor, and no regular contact with the outside world. For two centuries, \"Fletcher Christian's children,\" whose culture and language are a bizarre blend of Polynesian and eighteenth-century English, have lived out a unique social experiment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed British travel writer and journalist Dea Birkett, obsessed like many with the island's image as a secluded Eden and its connection to the mysterious and intriguing Bounty legend, traveled across the Pacific on a cargo ship and became one of the very few outsiders permitted to land on Pitcairn. Although the islanders initially seemed welcoming, they soon wove her into a web of decades-old disputes and thwarted desires. With no means of escape, Birkett's adventure to the other side of nowhere at last became a kind of prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dea Birkett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385488718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385488716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.20w x 0.73d","brand":"Dea Birkett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077880606975,"sku":"9780385488716","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fda9ab11-e160-4205-a4b5-1f31bae5c37d.jpg?v=1685472287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/serpent-in-paradise-dea-birkett-9780385488716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}