{"product_id":"9781613109496","title":"Beasts and Super-Beasts","description":"\u003cb\u003eHector Hugh Munro\u003c\/b\u003e (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name \u003cb\u003eSaki\u003c\/b\u003e, and also frequently as \u003cb\u003eH. H. Munro\u003c\/b\u003e, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story, and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse. Besides his short stories (which were first published in newspapers, as was customary at the time, and then collected into several volumes), he wrote a full-length play, \u003ci\u003eThe Watched Pot\u003c\/i\u003e, in collaboration with Charles Maude; two one-act plays; a historical study, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Russian Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, the only book published under his own name; a short novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Bassington\u003c\/i\u003e; the episodic \u003ci\u003eThe Westminster Alice\u003c\/i\u003e (a parliamentary parody of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e); and \u003ci\u003eWhen William Came\u003c\/i\u003e, subtitled \u003ci\u003eA Story of London Under the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHohenzollerns\u003c\/i\u003e, a fantasy about a future German invasion and occupation of Britain.","brand":"Library of Alexandria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135423856880,"sku":"9781613109496","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781613109496_p0.jpg?v=1763846635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781613109496","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}