{"product_id":"2940169474848","title":"The Shootist: A Classic Western: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of this landmark Western, starring Brian Cox and Michelle Fairley.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Shootist' is John Bernard Books, the last surviving top gunfighter in a vanishing American West. He rides into El Paso in the year 1901, to be told by a doctor that he has a terminal illness. As word spreads that the famous assassin has reached the end, an assortment of vultures gather to feast upon his corpse. Most men would end their days quietly, but Books outwits them all by selecting the where, the when, and the manner of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shootist\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic Western novel written by Glendon Swarthout in 1975. It won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel of 1975, and was chosen in the Western Writers of America's members' poll in 2000 as one of the 10 greatest Western novels of the 20th century. It was made into a 1976 film starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, which was John Wayne's final film role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Cox (\u003ci\u003eX-Men 2, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy\u003c\/i\u003e) stars as John Bernard Books, with Michelle Fairley (\u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones, 24: Live Another Day\u003c\/i\u003e) as the widow Bond Rogers, with whom he finds affection in his final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Bernard Books...Brian Cox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBond Rogers...Michelle Fairley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGillom Rodgers...Joe Jameson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarshal Thibido...Craige Els\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharles Hostetler...Michael Bertenshaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShoup...Joe Sims\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorton...Ashley Kumar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMrs Woodling...Heather Craney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBartender...Clive Hayward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdapted by Nick Perry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirected by Sasha Yevtushenko\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104523698416,"sku":"2940169474848","price":5.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169474848_p0.jpg?v=1769894927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169474848","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}