{"product_id":"9781913689711","title":"The Pepsi Cola Addict","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe legendary lost novel in which fourteen-year-old Preston Wildey-King must choose between his all-consuming passion for Pepsi Cola and his love for schoolmate Peggy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He walked into the turbulent super market. There were people everywhere. His eyes swept over the shelves and stabilised on a large stack of Pepsi-colas. He could almost experience the cool fizzy liquid descending his parched throat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by June-Alison Gibbons when she was only 16, \u003ci\u003eThe Pepsi Cola Addict\u003c\/i\u003e is considered one of the great works of twentieth-century outsider literature. More than just a literary curiosity, however, this tale of a teenager whose passion for a well-known cola drink threatens to ruin his life is the uniquely vivid expression of a young woman trying to make sense of the confusing, often brutal world she in which found herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1982 by a vanity press who took £800 from its young author and gave her only a single book in return, it's thought that fewer than ten original copies still exist in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortly after its publication, June-Alison and her sister Jennifer would become infamous as \"The Silent Twins\" and find themselves cruelly incarcerated for over a decade in Broadmoor Hospital. This author-approved edition makes June-Alison Gibbon's remarkable vision widely available for the first time.","brand":"June-Alison Gibbons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45895110426836,"sku":"9781913689711","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8d073fa5-380d-45e2-a304-c0222ef7be7c.jpg?v=1732461473","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781913689711","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}