{"product_id":"black-diamond-8","title":"Black Diamond","description":"This collection of stories is from the author of \u003ci\u003eTheft, The Man Who Was Left Behind, Mrs Caliban, Three of a Kind, The Pearkillers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rachel Ingalls writes the kind of macabre, fantastic and haunting fiction called American Gothic . Its antecedents lie not in the hysterical 18th-century rebellion against reason, but in Jacobean tragedy, and in the complicated American relations with greed and Puritanism. Ingalls is one of the most brilliant practitioners of this Gothic since Poe . \u003ci\u003eBlack Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of five short stories, loosely linked by the theme of kinship. Ghoulish and gripping, they all begin in an atmosphere of unsophisticated tranquillity .' Amanda Craig, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The stories in \u003ci\u003eBlack Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e . wrap themselves insidiously around your curiosity, and draw you with them.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Ingalls'] vision evokes a world where psychosis and extreme violence stalk the American dream.' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243682877784,"sku":"9780571300112","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571300112_f03c67f6-ca66-48bd-9e55-801a53f77924.jpg?v=1765958420","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/black-diamond-8","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}