{"product_id":"look-hamlet-by-barbro-lindgren-9781632062598","title":"Look Hamlet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hilarious, darkly comic graphic retelling of Shakespeare's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHamlet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children's author Barbro Lindgren and illustrator Anna Höglund.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook Hamlet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamlet not happy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamlet's mommy dumb.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamlet's daddy dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins this wonderfully strange, dark, and hilarious picture book version of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy boiled down to its smallest possible size: 100 words, give or take, and fifteen etchings that look like the lovechild of Beatrix Potter and Edward Gorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn our despondent antihero, a lop-eared bunny Hamlet with handbag in tow, is somehow embodied all the tremendous pathos of Shakespeare's Danish Prince. And in legendary Swedish children's author Barbro Lindgren's pithy prose resides the poetry of the original, reworked for the era of memes and short attention spans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBold and brilliant, irreverent and humane, \u003cem\u003eLook Hamlet\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect irreverent gift for Shakespeare readers of all ages. As the Bard himself wrote: \"brevity is the soul of wit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606491283692,"sku":"9781632062598","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/45f953e0eeab6df61438e67c1e8ce0cc.jpg?v=1778191982","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/look-hamlet-by-barbro-lindgren-9781632062598","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}