{"product_id":"berg-by-ann-quin-9781911508540","title":"Berg","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins Ann Quin's first novel, a debut \u003cb\u003eso staggeringly superior to most you'll never forget it - The Guardian.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlistair Berg, hair restorer, shares a mistress with his father. He decides to eliminate his rival. After mutilating a ventriloquist's dummy, he finds himself accidentally seduced by the man he needs to kill. Mordant, heady, dark, \u003ci\u003eBerg\u003c\/i\u003e is Quin's masterpiece, a classic of post-war avant-garde British writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mixture of the surreal, the whimsical and the macabre... \u003ci\u003eBerg\u003c\/i\u003e is funny and profound, and intensely of its time - Ian Patterson, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536296689900,"sku":"9781911508540","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781911508540-berg.jpg?v=1776380407","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/berg-by-ann-quin-9781911508540","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}