{"product_id":"9781910670170","title":"Charley is my Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong Charley Brown’s first deeds as an evacuee to Longwater in the West Country was to let loose the local bull. Boys who one minute had taunted him with the refrain ‘Ballocky baldy’ (Charley’s lice had been evacuated from London with him), were the next minute acknowledging him as their natural leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharley Brown, one of Joyce Cary’s most uproarious and memorable creations, is a love and a terror. He is a quivering jelly in the hands of girls and women of any age who show him kindness; through the wild force of his imagination he holds children rapt with tales of desperate gunmen with exquisite manners and a taste for the beautiful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelinquent and aesthete, he leads his gang into daring acts both grand and bad. As Charley’s sweetheart Lizzy Galor rightly puts it, he’s every bit as good as the movies...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49860505272560,"sku":"9781910670170","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910670170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}