{"product_id":"9780811227018","title":"Concluding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Green considered \u003cem\u003eConcluding\u003c\/em\u003e the finest of all his books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eConcluding\u003c\/em\u003e—set in a single summer day—has at its heart old Mr. Rock, a famous retired scientist: he lives in a cottage on the grounds of a girl’s boarding school. Living with him is Elizabeth, his somewhat unstrung granddaughter; his white cat; his white goose; and Daisy, his white pig. Miss Edge and Miss Baker—the two inseparable spinster harpies who run the school—scheme to dislodge him from the cottage. \u003cem\u003eConcluding\u003c\/em\u003e opens with the discovery that two of the schoolgirls have vanished in the night: searching, eavesdropping, worrying, jostling, and giggling all ensue. A love affair, a dance, that magnificent pig, small joys, and low ambitions all stream together, crowding up to the reader’s eye, as Henry Green brews up an enchanting, heartbreaking, and darkly sunny novel.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109878186224,"sku":"9780811227018","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811227018_p0.jpg?v=1763741262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811227018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}