{"product_id":"9781474620512","title":"O Caledonia by Maggie O'Farrell","description":"I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named O Caledonia as her favourite book' Maggie O'Farrell    'A sparky, funny work of genius and one of the best least-known novels of the 20th Century' Ali Smith'Funny, surprising, exquisitely written and brilliant on the smelly, absurd, harsh business of growing up'David Nicholls'A wonderful oddity - brief, vivid, eccentric, written with ferocious zest and black humour'Penelope LivelyAt the bottom of a great stone staircase, dressed in her mother's black lace evening dress, twisted in murderous death, lies Janet. So end the sixteen years of Janet's short life.   A life spent in a draughty Scottish castle, where roses will not grow, and a jackdaw decides to live in the doll's house.   A life peopled by prettier, smoother-haired siblings, a Nanny with a face like the North Sea and the peculiar, whisky-swigging Cousin Lila.   A life where Janet is perpetually misunderstood - and must turn from people, to animals, to books, to her own wild and wonderful imagination.  A W\u0026amp;N Essential with an introduction by Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204545183922,"sku":"9781474620512","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781474620512_b22b9264-b70e-4747-96d4-148a481d9591.jpg?v=1705376044","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781474620512","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}