{"product_id":"the-fig-garden-mark-valentine-9798847838184","title":"The Fig Garden: And Other Stories","description":"This new collection of short and some longer stories by Mark Valentine explores 'the Real Map of England', the strange corners of a haunted country. Why is there a Roman altar to the god of the crossroads in a Herefordshire church? What is the significance of a book of tide tables and a shack on the Lincolnshire coast? What is it that waves from a motorway bridge? Where are the 'veiled republics', the citadels of an alternative history? What happens when children enact a ritual in the overgrown fig garden?\u003cbr\u003eThese beguiling stories evoke the possibility that there are places where we may encounter another reality, rich, mysterious, sometimes alluring, sometimes perilous.\u003cbr\u003eTwo of the stories are previously unpublished: others have appeared in anthologies that are now out of print or in periodicals in small editions. The author provides an afterword explaining the inspiration for the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8847838185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798847838184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Mark Valentine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122898137343,"sku":"9798847838184","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32c67439-4008-4e3e-91a3-c70e536e33b6.jpg?v=1687427744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fig-garden-mark-valentine-9798847838184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}