{"product_id":"9781476730486","title":"Whirligig","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a bold new voice in British comic fiction, a hilarious story of a middle-aged man who drops everything to move to the wilds of Scotland—discovering both a strange breed of capitalism and the redemptive power of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaypole is not “a large man.” He is a fat man. A fat man with thin limbs, like an egg with tentacles. And life is not going well. He’s alone, idle, and on the brink of a medical crisis when a childhood acquaintance makes him an offer he can’t understand, can’t talk about, but ultimately can’t refuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA week later, he finds himself in rural Scotland, plunged into an eccentric community at war over a wind farm. Claypole is supposed to be a backer, but he has no idea what side he’s on, even though it may earn him a lot of money. All he wants is to look like a hero in front of the woman with the bright blue eyes who brought him here. To do so he must run the gauntlet of a family with many dark secrets, some dangerous hippies and their hallucinogenic potions, and the wilderness itself with all its threats and dangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhirligig\u003c\/i\u003e is a raucous, joyous, often poignant comedy about the redemptive power of the countryside. Written with wit and an intuitive sense of pace and focus, it’s a timeless classic about how—or how not—to turn your life around.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books\/Marble Arch Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027491373296,"sku":"9781476730486","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476730486_p0.jpg?v=1763609578","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476730486","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}