{"product_id":"9781910240847","title":"Virgin on Insanity: Coming of age on the world's toughest mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eOutwardly, ‘Britain’s most experienced teenage Alpinist’ is a brave young mountaineer. But he’s not experienced at all, at least not in the way he really wants to be. Behind his death-defying climbs there lurks a great deal of fear – fear of the opposite sex, fear of failure, fear of not being ‘man enough’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe seeks manhood in the mountains, yet he believes he will only truly gain it by losing something. Harrowing escapades in \u003cb\u003eScotland\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eAlps\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAlaska\u003c\/b\u003e are interspersed by excruciating sexual encounters and unsettling hitch-hiking rides. When the mountains fail him, he seeks meaning with a religious cult in Colorado. Eventually he succeeds in his quest, only to find that he’s lost more than he bargained for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirgin on Insanity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003cb\u003eSteve Bell\u003c\/b\u003e is a coming-of-age story of high adventure, youthful insecurity and immature love. The situations might be extreme, but the deeper issues will be familiar to many.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137494237424,"sku":"9781910240847","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910240847_p0.jpg?v=1763628182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910240847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}