{"product_id":"cautious-a-boat-adrift","title":"Cautious, A Boat Adrift","description":"\"The land of men is an untouched one. It is the companionship of quiet. It is so many\ndarkened boats, heading their own way, in the night.\"\n\n\nLeeds, 2017. Disaffected journalist Fred Whitby and his mother visit Grandad Norman\nfollowing the death of his callous second wife, Brenda. Norman has relapsed into alcoholism.\nBrenda's daughter and her husband have invaded the house.\n\n\nWhilst writing a diary in attempt to revive his creativity, Fred finds himself cast adrift in his\nfamily history, trying frantically to piece together the fragmented memories, half-truths,\nsecrets and mythologies that lie therein. Disappearances. Post-war protection rackets. An\nIRA bomb plot. Romantic rivalries. The kidnap of a traitorous miner. \n\nAs spectres of the past\nmeet with the looming presence of a post-truth future, Fred must navigate the illogical and\n\nunprovable stories of his grandfather and come to terms with the absence of irrecoverable\nvoices in his quest for whatever truth and meaning remains.","brand":"Watkins Media Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53605605212504,"sku":"9781914420658","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781914420658_385581a2-dde6-4c24-8588-e732b04c9bde.jpg?v=1780983951","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cautious-a-boat-adrift","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}