{"product_id":"the-wine-dark-sea-by-robert-aickman-9780571311729","title":"The Wine-Dark Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in the USA in 1988 and in the UK in 1990, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine-Dark Sea\u003c\/em\u003e contains eight stories that will leave the reader unsettled as the protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, culminate in a disturbing yet enigmatic ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46556172353772,"sku":"9780571311729","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10793403482391.jpg?v=1750141484","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-wine-dark-sea-by-robert-aickman-9780571311729","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}