{"product_id":"staggring-verse-stephen-saleh-9781919375007","title":"Stagg'ring Verse: A Psychogeographic Guide for Wandering Poets, Drunken Mystics, and the Elegantly Bewildered","description":"Fear and Loathing in Elizabethan London\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lost manuscript discovered in a wine-stained cutlery drawer in the ruins of a Shoreditch tavern. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it a play? Is it a memoir? Is it a walking guide? Yes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this richly imagined work of historical fiction, we follow William Shakespeare, novice writer and barely-cast bit player, and Christopher Marlowe, literary rock star and government informant, on a chaotic day-long ramble through 1592 London; a city part plague, part poem, part open wound. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by their jester-companion Torche, whose wisdom is accidental, and trousers questionable, the trio set off from the Rose Theatre in search of inspiration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a semi-drunken dérive through bear-baiting pits, apothecary markets, alehouses, and the profane glory of the Mermaid Tavern, pursued by cryptic prophecies, bad actors, strange children, and the unsettling suspicion that something in the city is watching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Saleh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919375007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919375007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Nigredo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.22d","brand":"Stephen Saleh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47761523540223,"sku":"9781919375007","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f71b3a3-5c9e-4a13-92c8-f1081ea3c2e3.jpg?v=1765515170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staggring-verse-stephen-saleh-9781919375007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}