{"product_id":"9780007356287","title":"Burley Cross Postbox Theft","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barker, Nicola \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/04\/2011,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007356287,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of Darkmans comes a comic epistolary novel of startling originality and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Reading other people’s letters is always a guilty pleasure. But for PC Roger Topping contemplating a cache of 27 undelivered missives, retrieved from a back alley in Skipton, it’s a job of work. The quaint village of Burley Cross has been plunged into turmoil by the theft of the contents of its postbox, and no-one is above suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Yet Topping's investigation into the curtain-twitching lives of the eminently respectable Burley Cross residents not only uncovers the dark underbelly of his beat, but reveals a hitherto unknown strength of character buried deep within the young flatfoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The denizens of Burley Cross inhabit a world of epic pettiness, where secrets are the currency. From complaints about dog shit to passive-aggressive fanmail, from biblical amateur dramatics to an Auction of Promises that goes staggeringly wrong, Nicola Barker’s epistolary novel is a work of immense comic range. Irresistibly mischievous, Burley Cross Postbox Theft is Alan Bennett with added Tamiflu, sex-therapy and cheap vodka.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34465184546860,"sku":"9780007356287","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780007356287.jpg?v=1759669788","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780007356287","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}