{"product_id":"dead-drunk-9780712354097","title":"Dead Drunk","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, he tripped and fell his length over a prostrate body... he marvelled that so rough an impact should not have kicked a groan out of the drunkard...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a stiff measure of the supernatural, a dram of melodrama, and a chaser of the cautionary kind, tales of drink and drunkenness can be found in a well-stocked cabinet of Victorian and early twentieth-century fiction. These stories reflect an anxiety about the impact of alcohol and intoxicants in society, as well as an acknowledgment of their influence on humans' perception of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing drink-fuelled classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003cem\u003eThe Body Snatcher\u003c\/em\u003e alongside obscurities from periodicals such as \u003cem\u003eBlackwood's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, this new collection offers a (somewhat poisoned) chalice of dark and stormy short fiction, brimming with the weird, the grotesque, the entertaining, and the outlandish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340721373420,"sku":"9780712354097","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16927583482441.jpg?v=1772166899","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dead-drunk-9780712354097","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}