{"product_id":"strangler-vine","title":"Strangler Vine","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStrangler Vine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eM J Carter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780425280744\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the untamed wilds of nineteenth-century colonial India, this dazzling historical thriller introduces Blake and Avery--an unforgettable investigative pair. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIndia, 1837\u003c\/i\u003e William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery. What starts as a wild goose chase for this unlikely pair--trying to track down a missing writer who lifts the lid on Calcutta society--becomes very much more sinister as Blake and Avery get sucked into the mysterious Thuggee cult and its even more ominous suppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are shades of \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, sly references to Conan Doyle, that bring brilliantly to life the India of the 1830s with its urban squalor, glamorous princely courts and bazaars, and the ambiguous presence of the British overlords--the officers of the East India Company--who have their own predatory ambitions beyond London's oversight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Strangler Vine | M J Carter | Paperback | 9780425280744 | Used: Very Good | Mystery 1648593","offer_id":50890216243458,"sku":"1648593","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81gsz1i6BAL.jpg?v=1793117457","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/strangler-vine","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}