{"product_id":"9780241476086","title":"The Flint Anchor","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A comic masterpiece' Patrick Gale, GuardianPillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god-fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story - his brandy-swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes - over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel, The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and storytelling itself.   'A novel created with solidity and subtlety of feeling, a fusion of warmth, wit and quietly biting shrewdness that are reminiscent of Jane Austen' Atlantic Review'As a sustained work of historical imagination, it has few rivals ... one of the most acute and intelligent writers of her age' Claire Harman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41185701101720,"sku":"9780241476086","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/products\/9780241476086.jpg?v=1635019218","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780241476086","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}