{"product_id":"9780803298422","title":"The Croquet Player","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomething is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders a scarecrow; food prepared by others is eyed with suspicion; family pets are bludgeoned to death; loving couples are devoured by rage and violence. A spirit-corrupting evil pervades the land, infesting the minds of those who call Cainsmarsh home. Is this vision real, or a paranoid fantasy generated by an even darker, worldwide threat? And is the call to resist the danger itself a danger? These are questions that disturb the calm of an indolent croquet player who happens to hear the tale of the unlucky village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. G. Wells’s ambiguous story of horror is a modern classic, a prophetic, disturbing glimpse of the primitive distrust and violence that gnaw at the heart of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNP - Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016250376432,"sku":"9780803298422","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803298422_p0.jpg?v=1763728564","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803298422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}