{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-damned-daniel-quinn-9781499149999","title":"The Book of the Damned","description":"The book for which I'm best known, \u003ci\u003eIshmael, \u003c\/i\u003e came into being over a twelve-year period, beginning in 1979. It wasn't work on a single book. Rather, it was work on different versions of what eventually \u003ci\u003ebecame \u003c\/i\u003e a single book: \u003ci\u003eIshmael, \u003c\/i\u003e the eighth version and the only one in which the teacher Ishmael appears. When I started writing \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned \u003c\/i\u003e in 1981, I was sure I'd found the book I was born to write. The versions that came before had been like rainy days with moments of sunshine. THIS was a \u003ci\u003ethunderstorm, \u003c\/i\u003e and the lines crossed my pages like flashes of lightning. When, after a few thousand words I came to a clear climax, I said, \"This MUST be seen,\" so I put Part One into print. Parts Two and Three followed, and I began searching for the switch that would turn on Part Four . . . but it just wasn't there. I clung to it for a long time after issuing the first three parts, desperately hoping to find a way to produce additional parts that would bring it to the conclusion I knew was \"out there.\" What I'd done was terrific-and complete in its own way-but at last I faced the fact that \u003ci\u003ethe whole thing just couldn't be done in lightning strikes . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Another ten years passed before I found the way, a completely different way . . . in \u003ci\u003eIshmael, \u003c\/i\u003e which was the embodiment of my message, providing the foundation for the clarifications, amplifications, and extensions still to come. But publishing \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned \u003c\/i\u003e had been no mistake. It deserved to be published, and it still does. Those lightning strikes illuminate an apocalyptic landscape never seen before-or after, in any of my later books (including \u003ci\u003eIshmael).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Quinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1499149999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499149999\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 04\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.18d","brand":"Daniel Quinn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986895864063,"sku":"9781499149999","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca480ddb-454f-4f62-a9a2-cd2dd9d286d3.jpg?v=1683285800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-the-damned-daniel-quinn-9781499149999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}