{"product_id":"strandings-peter-riley-9781788166072","title":"Strandings: Confessions of a Whale Scavenger","description":"When Peter Riley was thirteen, a woman with blue hair and a comet tattoo asked him to help load the jaw of a sperm whale into the back of a Volvo 245. The encounter set Riley on a decades-long quest to make sense of what had happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter the secretive world of whale scavengers. When a whale washes up on one of Britain's coasts, a fugitive community descends to claim trophies from the carcass. Some are driven by magical beliefs. Some are motivated by profit: there is a black market for everything from ambergris to whaletooth sex toys. But for others, the need goes much deeper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin Riley on a tour of a stranded kingdom's weird outer reaches, where nothing is as it seems. Meet witches, pedlars, fetishists, conspiracy theorists and fallen aristocrats. And prepare for a final revelation, as the mystery of the comet woman tangles with the enigmatic symbol of Leviathan itself, beached on Britain's fatal shore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Riley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788166078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788166072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ips - Profile Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Peter Riley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321353433343,"sku":"9781788166072","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0e95fe6-874c-4f32-b3fd-520028a70a68.jpg?v=1696330453","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strandings-peter-riley-9781788166072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}