{"product_id":"the-stain","title":"The Stain","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Stain\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRikki Ducornet\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781628975659\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDalkey Archive Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe provocative, spellbinding debut novel, set in a village in the Loire Valley in the late 19th century, by prolific worldbuilder Rikki Ducornet. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Stain\u003c\/em\u003e, Rikki Ducornet tells the story of a young girl named Charlotte, branded with a furry birthmark in the shape of a dancing hare, regarded as the mark of Satan. \"Sadistic nuns, scatology, butchered animals, monkish rapists, and Satan\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e), as well as the village exorcist, inhabit this bawdy tale of perversion, power, possession, and the rape of innocence. Ducornet weaves an intricate design of fantasy and reality, at once surreal, hilarious, and terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"The Stain | Rikki Ducornet | Paperback | 9781628975659 | New | Fiction 1679732","offer_id":50796234473730,"sku":"1679732","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/713WdxacoGL.jpg?v=1792383423","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-stain","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}