{"product_id":"boris-the-potato-child-by-anne-simon-9781683965626","title":"Boris the Potato Child","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoris, the round-headed child, reigns like a despot in the little house he lives in with his mother. His mother, Bulle, formerly known as Aglaia, was once the all-powerful queen of the country Marylene. Since Marylene's fall, residents have lived in peace thanks to a self-governing system they have adopted. But when Boris meets Sabine, a warrior French fry thirsty for revenge, nothing will ever be the same ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe final book in Anne Simon's \u003cem\u003eTales of Marylene\u003c\/em\u003e graphic novel trilogy (after \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Aglaia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEmpress Cixtisis\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eBoris the Potato Child\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a bitter critique of our consumerist impulses and abuses. Mixing literature and pop culture (such as mashing Simone de Beauvoir with The Beatles), Simon has created in Marylene a world as abundant in visual imagination as Oz or Narnia, but crafted with a Swiftian pen that's mightier than any man's sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430182273260,"sku":"9781683965626","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965626.jpg?v=1774559576","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/boris-the-potato-child-by-anne-simon-9781683965626","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}