{"product_id":"the-death-ship-by-b-traven-9780241822210","title":"The Death Ship","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Death Ship\u003c\/em\u003e is a cult masterpiece and a darkly comic tale of survival on the high seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever survived the Yorikke could never be frightened any more during his lifetime by anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStateless and stranded after he loses his passport, sailor Gerald Gales flees arrest and persecution across Europe, until he finally finds work on the Yorikke, a decrepit 'death ship' bound for destruction. Condemned to stoke the furnaces, Gales must navigate a labyrinth of surreal rules and the brutal realities of life at sea if he is to make it out alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1926 and thought to bear the traces of the mysterious author B. Traven's own experience of migrating to Mexico, \u003cem\u003eThe Death Ship\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly absurd, raging tale about what it takes to survive when life is cheap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233156051180,"sku":"9780241822210","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241822210-the-death-ship-1.jpg?v=1787727704","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-death-ship-by-b-traven-9780241822210","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}