{"product_id":"the-marionette-john-surdus-9781800685147","title":"The Marionette: A Psychological Mystery.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Gereon lives with his estranged wife Peggy in a decayed house in the East End of London. The same house in which his mother was battered to death in a drug-deal gone wrong when he was sixteen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA psychiatrist thinks Michael has delusions inherited from his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael thinks every one else is deluded, since they don't realise they are puppets subject to random forces beyond their control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen paintings suspected to be forgeries by Michael's best friend appear on the London art circuit, a chain of murderous events is set in motion. Michael's sanity, and his philosophical doubts, are tested to the limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relentless, haunting study of alienation in a world of corruption and lurking violence, set in the atmospheric streets of Spitalfields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Surdus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800685149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800685147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"John Surdus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053124710655,"sku":"9781800685147","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b263dc23-b4f6-41e2-a082-1583f1393c9f.jpg?v=1685022547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-marionette-john-surdus-9781800685147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}