{"product_id":"9781509822201","title":"Swimmer Among the Stars","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Tharoor, Kanishk \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 March 2018 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 19 | 186g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Do read this . . . I don't think I've ever read a collection which exuberantly spans such breadths of time and space.' Mark HaddonAn interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess's palace in Morocco. A fabled cook who flavours his food with precious stones. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Swimmer Among the Stars reveal an extraordinary young storyteller in Kanishk Tharoor, whose tales emerge from a tradition that includes the creators of the Arabian Nights, Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, Angela Carter and other ancient and modern masters of the fable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925273608451,"sku":"9781509822201","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781509822201_d5172392-22e6-4dd1-89be-c857bc343247.jpg?v=1731405029","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781509822201","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}