{"product_id":"9780571305124","title":"After the Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958 \u003cb\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/b\u003e was described by Angus Wilson as a 'cataclysmic novel . . . as exciting as any deluge you can hope to find; but if you think deluges are too trivial, John Bowen has a surprise for you: his novel turns out to be satire of the first order.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the basement of Foyle's bookshop in the Charing Cross Road in London and moving to rainmaking in Texas, love in Chew Magna, a camp in the Mendips, a storm at sea, sharks, sunstroke, a giant squid and a fight to the death on a raft, \u003cb\u003eAfter the Rain\u003c\/b\u003e is an adventure story that will keep you gripped to the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating, brilliantly conceived, sharply intelligent and often-funny story, it is a compassionate and well-imagined fable that makes a serious comment on the human situation and established John Bowen as a novelist of depth and skill, drawing comparisons with George Orwell and William Golding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103351324912,"sku":"9780571305124","price":14.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571305124_p0.jpg?v=1763719039","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571305124","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}