{"product_id":"9780984469314","title":"Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Comyns’ novel is deranged in ways that shouldn’t be disclosed.” —Ben Marcus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the story of the Willoweed family and the English village in which they live. It begins mid-flood, ducks swimming in the drawing-room windows, “quacking their approval” as they sail around the room. “What about my rose beds?” demands Grandmother Willoweed. Her son shouts down her ear-trumpet that the garden is submerged, dead animals everywhere, she will be lucky to get a bunch. Then the miller drowns himself . . . then the butcher slits his throat . . . and a series of gruesome deaths plagues the villagers. The newspaper asks, “Who will be smitten by this fatal madness next?” Through it all, Comyns' unique voice weaves a text as wonderful as it is horrible, as beautiful as it is cruel. Originally published in England in 1954, this “overlooked small masterpiece” is a twisted, tragicomic gem.","brand":"Barbara Comyns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45894279659732,"sku":"9780984469314","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e94ef261-d003-4d87-a8b2-24d2c1948ee6.jpg?v=1709952726","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780984469314","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}