{"product_id":"great-stink-book-clare-clark-9780151011612","title":"The Great Stink","description":"[Clark] keeps the suspense high . . . [in this] captivating historical thriller.--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (4 stars) \u003cbr\u003eIt is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to London and his beloved wife from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job transforming the city s sewer system, he believes that he will be able to find salvation in the subterranean world beneath the city. But the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a murder, and William is implicated as the killer. Could he truly have committed the crime? How will he bring the truth above-ground? \u003cbr\u003eIn rich Dickensian detail, Clark creates the whole city teeming with life and decay, but she keeps the focus on a few fascinating characters in desperate straits . . . it's a rich work of history and a gripping exploration of the unmentionable currents that run beneath the surface of our lives--and it reeks of talent.--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWho knew that drainage could be so captivating? And, more to the point, that excrement could be so, well, lyrically malleable? \u003ci\u003eThe Great Stink\u003c\/i\u003e is a trove of olfactory poetry . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Great Stink \u003c\/i\u003eis a crackerjack historical novel that combines the creepy intrigue of Caleb Carr, the sensory overload of Peter Ackroyd and the academic curiosity of A.S. Byatt.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eCLARE CLARK was born in London in 1967. A Senior Scholar at Trinity College Cambridge, she graduated with a Double First in History. THE GREAT STINK, her first novel, won the Quality Paperback Book Club s New Voices Fiction Award. She is married with two children and lives in London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49543221084433,"sku":"GOR009798858","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49726129996049,"sku":"GOR001253523","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50065337942289,"sku":"CIN0151011613G","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50215270121745,"sku":"GOR011206638","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50666790617361,"sku":"CIN0151011613VG","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0151011613.jpg?v=1751290661","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/great-stink-book-clare-clark-9780151011612","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}