{"product_id":"aristotle-s-cuttlefish-9781787333956","title":"Aristotle’s Cuttlefish","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matthew Dooley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story about mislaid umbrellas, questionable scientific theories and unlikely friendship - from the author of \u003ci\u003eFlake, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere do all the lost things go? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dobbiston, they'll likely end up in the care of Mr Daniels, the long-time custodian of the local lost property office. Somewhere deep in the bowels of the town council's shabby premises he has spent a lifetime quietly cataloguing the carelessness of his fellow Dobbiston residents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life's chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through Lost Property Office vignettes - a snooker cue love story, a granny's tea cosy and a kid's toy on an intergalactic adventure - local histories are elevated to the momentous and profound, drawn with playful nostalgia and Dooley's deadpan wit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFLAKE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A joy... think of Joff Winterhart with a cone and a squirt of strawberry sauce' \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'(A) wonderful, elegiac debut... full of irresistible puns' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A cheerfully nostalgic trip into a north western english town of pub quizzes, crazy golf and crosswords' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45608587821207,"sku":"9781787333956","price":1985.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781787333956.webp?v=1768599974","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aristotle-s-cuttlefish-9781787333956","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}