{"product_id":"9781782278535","title":"Nipponia Nippon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;p\u0026gt;An off-kilter darkly ironic novella about a boy's strange obsession with the Japanese crested ibis, from a Japanese literary starSeventeen-year-old Haruo spends all his waking hours online, fixated on the endangered Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon. Alone in his Tokyo apartment, living off his parents' indulgence, he descends into a fantasy world where he alone shares a bond with the last of these noble birds, their lives caged in the national conservation centre.   Haruo's destiny becomes clear. He will free the birds-alive or dead-from an undeserving civilization. As Haruo's emotional state grows increasingly erratic, he searches the internet for weapons and prepares for the night of reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45461022376157,"sku":"9781782278535","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781782278535.jpg?v=1720022652","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781782278535","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}