{"product_id":"9780571231881","title":"Unicorns, Almost","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Sheers, Owen \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/09\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 80 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571231881,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnicorns, Almost portrays the short life of World War II poet Keith Douglas, from his childhood through four engagements to his fighting in the Western desert, his accelerated education as a poet and his early death three days after the Normandy D-Day landings at the age of twenty-four. It is the story of his Faustian pact with a war that would nurture his unique poetic voice before taking it away. It is also the story of his desperate race to see his poems in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely recognised as the finest poet of World War Two, Keith Douglas was championed by Ted Hughes as an important influence. Hughes wrote the introduction to Douglas's Collected Poems, published by Faber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnicorns, Almost  by Owen Sheers opened at The Swan Hotel, Hay-on-Wye, in May 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57689140756853,"sku":"9780571231881","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571231881.jpg?v=1792750079","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780571231881","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}