{"product_id":"9780007397105_the-main-cages","title":"The Main Cages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed first novel by one of Harper Perennial’s most gifted young writers, author of ‘The Bronski House’ and ‘The Spirit Wrestlers’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Marsden’s brilliant first novel is set in the 1930s, in the small Cornish fishing village of Polmayne. A newcomer to the village, Jack Sweeney, buys a boat and establishes himself as a fisherman, gradually winning the respect even of the village elders. But times are changing, and a new kind of visitor is beginning to appear in Polmayne. A bohemian colony of artists offends some sensibilities, while a hotel is opened to accommodate the summer tourists, and pleasure steamers mingle with the fishing boats in the harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, despite the superficial changes, the old ways and the old hazards of Cornish life endure. Offshore, just below the surface of the waves, lie the Main Cages, a treacherous outcrop of rock where many ships and many lives have been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirmly rooted in a particular place and time, yet recalling in its universality such books as Graham Swift’s ‘Waterland’ and E. Annie Proulx’s ‘The Shipping News’, ‘The Main Cages’ is a gripping story of love and death, and a remarkable fictional debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip Marsden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47275098112149,"sku":"9780007397105","price":8.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007397105.jpg?v=1776889790","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007397105_the-main-cages","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}