{"product_id":"9781472102591","title":"Mammoth Books presents Featherweight","description":"\u003cp\u003eI don't like writing at home much,\" admits Shearman. \"Home is a place for sleeping and eating and watching afternoon game shows on TV. There are too many distractions. So, years ago, I decided I'd only write first drafts in art galleries.\u003cbr\u003e\"And the best of them all is the National Gallery, in London, a pigeon's throw from Nelson's Column. I can walk around there with my notebook, thinking up stories - and if I get bored, there are lots of expensive pictures to look at. Perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\"A lot of those paintings, however, have angels in them. They're all over the place, wings raised, halos gleaming - perching on clouds, blowing trumpets, hovering around the Virgin Mary as if they're her strange naked childlike bodyguards. And I began to notice. That, whenever the writing is going well, the angels seemed happy, and would smile at me. And whenever the words weren't coming out right, when I felt sluggish, when I thought I'd rather take off and get myself a beer, they'd start to glare.\u003cbr\u003e\"I wrote this story in the National Gallery. Accompanied by a lot of glaring angels. Enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144324399344,"sku":"9781472102591","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472102591_p0.jpg?v=1763597349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472102591","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}