{"product_id":"9781446409480","title":"The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made - but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct and uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status - the flawed heroism of a Best, a McEnroe, an Ali. In his own circle, his image was the working-class hero on the rock-face, laconic and bellicose, ready to go to war with the elements or with any human who crossed his path on a bad day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128483922160,"sku":"9781446409480","price":19.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781446409480_p0.jpg?v=1763824818","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781446409480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}