{"product_id":"9780857862648","title":"Sombrero Fallout : A Japanese Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 August 2012 by Canongate Books (Canongate Canons) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Canons' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages, No\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 12 | 150g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heartbroken American writer starts a story about an ice-cold sombrero that falls inexplicably from the sky and lands in the centre of a small Southwest town. Devastated by the departure of his gorgeous Japanese girlfriend, he cannot concentrate on his writing and in frustration he throws away his beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the man searches through his apartment for strands of his lost love's hair, the discarded story in the wastepaper basket - through some kind of elaborate origami - carries on without him. Arguments over the sombrero begin, one thing leads to another and before long all hell breaks loose in the normally sleepy town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrautigan's fertile imagination twists and pulls at the ensuing chaos to come up with a tender, moving, surreal and incredibly funny tale that is told by a writer at the very peak of his creative powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925247820035,"sku":"9780857862648","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780857862648_2958e491-2f86-4501-bc5d-d52aa5edf238.jpg?v=1731404795","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780857862648","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}