{"product_id":"the-sparkler-9783988320636","title":"The Sparkler","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alan Humm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vine Leaves Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Alternative History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA dark hymn to pre-Victorian London in all its grotty glory\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Nick Perry, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens is a newly famous author and a man who has only just married. He thinks that he is about to become a father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, then, does he go wandering London after dark and why, under the influence of a famous clown, does he begin an affair with Sarah, a barmaid who works in a North London pub?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile his own descriptions of sex barely exist, he becomes immersed in an affair so all-consuming that his life begins to fall apart. He takes to drink, he develops a liking for rough company, he even steals a necklace. Where will it end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring a Christmas entertainment held in his own house, Dickens, Sarah, and his wife edge towards a confrontation that has the potential to ruin him for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46377507061911,"sku":"9783988320636","price":1479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783988320636.webp?v=1768761215","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sparkler-9783988320636","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}