{"product_id":"9781910077672","title":"The Knocker","description":"He didn't want to stay in this stuffy, impersonal room, all alone with strangers poking and prodding him when he didn't want to be poked and prodded. He said, 'I want to go home, to the comfort of my house.'\u003cbr\u003eA son travels home to be with his dying father. To distract the old man as death approaches, he asks him to recount a story - and thus the son learns the strange tale of the\u003cbr\u003ePeculiar Man and a very unusual animal.\u003cbr\u003eFour men leave their village to fi ght in the Great War.\u003cbr\u003eThose who survive the trauma of the battlefi eld return to a country that is not fi t for heroes but is beset by poverty and class struggle.\u003cbr\u003eFrom his grand house, the Peculiar Man, driven by his\u003cbr\u003eupbringing and his selfi sh desires, hatches a despicable\u003cbr\u003eplan to ensure that his life will continue in the manner to which he is accustomed - even if he must destroy those who get in his way.\u003cbr\u003eBetween them stands Bracken, an animal that is so much more than he appears to be.\u003cbr\u003eThis lyrical, haunting novel evokes the beauty and horror of times past as well as the sadness of parting.","brand":"2QT Limited (Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170523594992,"sku":"9781910077672","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910077672_p0.jpg?v=1763625347","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910077672","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}