{"product_id":"9780571290505","title":"The Ossians","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rollicking and hugely enjoyable contemporary novel describing the  outrageous mid-winter tour around Scotland of a group of musicians  called 'The Ossians'. The band's driving force is twenty-four-year-old  lead singer, Connor - intelligent but self-destructive, pretentious but  charismatic, gloriously opinionated and with an extraordinary ability to  get beaten up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The band is on the verge of signing a  major record deal before setting off on a two-week tour of the cities  and hinterland of Scotland, a tour expected to culminate triumphantly in  a defining Glasgow gig. On their travels there is a seagull massacre,  hapless drug deals, a mysterious stalker, a radioactive beach, a  bomb-testing range, an epileptic fit, a town full of riotous Russian  submariners, deadly snowstorms, epiphanies, regular beatings and random  shootings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Ossians\u003c\/i\u003e is both hilariously  readable and satirically astute, a story of rock'n'roll obsession as  well as a search for identity and a sense of community, written with  delicious insight, pace and brio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123744915696,"sku":"9780571290505","price":7.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571290505_p0.jpg?v=1763719088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571290505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}