{"product_id":"the-whisperers-and-other-stories-algernon-blackwood-9780712354264","title":"The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural","description":"\u003ci\u003e'Back from the shouting floor and ceiling came the chorus of images that stormed and clamoured for expression. Jones lay still and listened; he let them come. There was nothing else to do.' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Algernon Blackwood was one of the most influential writers of twentieth-century weird and supernatural fiction. He once told a correspondent that every story he wrote was based on either a personal experience or that of someone he knew, and thus the vast collection of short stories and novels published in his lifetime can be seen to form a kind of autobiography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection of his most atmospheric and uneasy tales, Mike Ashley provides the facts of Blackwood's life which inspired each story - including experiences as an intelligence agent in the First World War and adventures in New York - to tell the parallel tale of the author's lifetime of the supernatural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Algernon Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0712354263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712354264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Algernon Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075392303359,"sku":"9780712354264","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74d0a189-90c0-413d-bb57-22dd5105feb8.jpg?v=1685459148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-whisperers-and-other-stories-algernon-blackwood-9780712354264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}