{"product_id":"2940011501982","title":"The Desert Croquet Player","description":"\u003cp\u003eI've loved H.G. Wells' \"The Croquet Player\" ever since I first read it. I loved the story, I loved the brevity, and I really loved the illustrations done by Clifford Line. Being involved in Desert Croquet (I won the very first professional championship) made writing \"The Desert Croquet Player\" a natural exercise. I wrote it to share with the other desert croquet players that we knew. I made some using reduced-size copies and a stapler, but those copies were hard to read. I did the illustrations myself. The style I stole from Wells as much as possible, so if it reads as if it were old-fashioned, it is supposed to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat unfolds is an examination of the paranormal, UFOs, alien abduction, and more, done as conversations the narrator has with Dr. Finch, an eccentric, and Dr. Norbert, a psychiatrist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garry Puffer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172749263088,"sku":"2940011501982","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011501982_p0.jpg?v=1763947621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011501982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}