{"product_id":"the-purging-of-ruen-9798231309252","title":"The Purging Of Ruen","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Corfield\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Thomas Corfield\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Thomas Corfield\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a world where cats and dogs act like people, absurdity reigns supreme.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the glittering crystal-chandelier glamour of Ruen, a bitter conflict brews between its Ruling Council and rebellious youth. Sent to investigate, Oscar Teabag-Dooven-earless, self-doubting and more poet than secret agent-finds the city poised to tear itself apart. Worse still, those causing the trouble are the ones running the place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn into a scandal of greed, lunacy and blackmail, Oscar teams up with Dervy, a young revolutionary, and Horace, an elderly doctor with a phobia of worming ointments. Together, they must outwit the ruthless Sedervitz Tappen-Noo and the unhinged Pyjami before their audacious plan turns Ruen into a giant, malodorous toilet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, things don't go according to plan. Principally because they don't have one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the New Fable fiction genre, where fluffy just got dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Good writing can only take you so far. These books take you considerably further, and then leave you behind.\" - Daniella Dragosi, Unimpressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I recall finding my divorce papers a more compelling read.\" - Russell Piorre, Divorced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These books have plots so thin that I actually broke one.\" - David Micheal Milan, Nineteenth Century Industrialist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Corfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595827789975,"sku":"9798231309252","price":1833.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798231309252.webp?v=1774991344","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-purging-of-ruen-9798231309252","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}