{"product_id":"9781941147658","title":"The Great Wash (original U.S. title: The Secret Masters) (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"\"An extravaganza . . . fertile invention and forceful style . . . Mr. Kersh's many admirers will undoubtedly devour this highly flavoured hotch-potch with avidity.\" - Julian Maclaren-Ross, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[F]irst-rate Kersh, richly peopled with the odd bit roles he sketches so well and written with style and individuality.\" - Anthony Boucher, \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sometimes funny, sometimes nightmarish, always first-class entertainment.\" -\u003cbr\u003eBasil Davenport, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist George Oaks and his friend Albert Kemp, a mystery novelist, are on their way to meet their friend, the celebrated philosopher Dr. Monacelli. But when a clerical mix-up leads to their meeting the American gangster Monty Cello instead, Oaks and Kemp quickly find themselves caught up in a bizarre and dangerous plot involving a murdered reporter, a missing scientist, and a group of powerful madmen with a plan to destroy the world as we know it. It's a race against time as Oaks and Kemp must infiltrate the villains' stronghold and save humanity before it's too late!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqual parts hard-boiled crime novel and apocalyptic science fiction tale, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Wash\u003c\/i\u003e (1953) is one of the most exciting novels by Gerald Kersh (1911-1968), who is best known for his classics \u003ci\u003eNight and the City\u003c\/i\u003e (1938) and \u003ci\u003eFowlers End\u003c\/i\u003e (1957). \u003ci\u003eFowlers End\u003c\/i\u003e and four volumes of Kersh's strange and brilliant short fiction are also available from Valancourt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058779177200,"sku":"9781941147658","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941147658_p0.jpg?v=1763754978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941147658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}