{"product_id":"the-dig-paperback","title":"The Dig - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynan Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCormac McCarthy meets Marilynne Robinson in this slow-motion collision between a badger-baiter and grieving farmer in rural Wales.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilt of the interlocking fates of a badger-baiter and a farmer struggling through lambing season, \u003ci\u003eThe Dig\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in a stark rural setting where man, animal, and land are at loggerheads. There is no bucolic pastoral here: this is pure, pared-down rural realism, crackling with compressed energy, from a writer of uncommon gifts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynan Jones was born near Aberaeron on the west coast of Wales in 1975. He is the author of five short novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Dry\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEverything I Found on the Beach\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBird, Blood, Snow\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Dig\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCove\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into several languages, and his short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies and publications, including \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477241880883,"sku":"9781566893930","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/irqFEKaOrb9781566893930.webp?v=1781613077","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dig-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}