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These ruined and ruthless dandies appear and disappear through a phantasmagoria interspersed with occult conjurings and reflections on the nature of fiction and history\"  GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466525286773,"sku":"9780141014845","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141014845.jpg?v=1785654583"},{"product_id":"downriver","title":"Downriver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDownriver \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant London novel by its foremost chronicler, Iain Sinclair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD AND THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Thames runs through \u003ci\u003eDownriver \u003c\/i\u003elike an open wound, draining the pain and filth of London and its mercurial inhabitants. 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