{"product_id":"the-free-traders-ghost-padraic-fallon-9781526200488","title":"The Free Trader's Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003eParvati is a seven-year-old blind girl living in India with an alcoholic father, a prostitute mother, and a sadistic brother. But with two friends her age and a kind Jain to provide support, she manages to survive despite being a Dalit, or Untouchable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHalfway across the world, Mortimer is an Oxford professor who discovers an old book by the economist Ricardo in a second-hand bookstall. A handwritten poem slipped within the pages catches his attention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Parvati struggles to avoid a child molesting sugar lord, Mortimer discovers the poem's author was a First World War British soldier who believed strongly in free trade. Mortimer's investigation into this powerful concept leads him to the book's owner, a doctor named Madeleine with whom he has an immediate connection. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs romance percolates between them, Madeleine heads to India to help a paediatric eye clinic where she sees the country's economic failings firsthand. She invites Mortimer to witness it for himself and thus sets all of these seemingly separate lives on a collision course with destiny that will change them all forever.\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with hope and optimism, \u003ci\u003eThe Free Trader's Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eexplores a deep connection between humanity, trade, and our innate ability to progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraic Fallon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526200481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526200488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prospect Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.54d","brand":"Padraic Fallon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459309187327,"sku":"9781526200488","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e845354c-8565-4ed5-8051-d14c8edba3fa.jpg?v=1777409016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-free-traders-ghost-padraic-fallon-9781526200488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}