{"product_id":"aristotles-cuttlefish-hardcover-by-matthew-dooley","title":"Aristotle's Cuttlefish Hardcover by Matthew Dooley","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eJonathan Cape\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2025-07-29)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781787333956\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e844.83\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9.78 x 6.94 x 0.96\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story about mislaid umbrellas, questionable scientific theories and unlikely friendship - from the author of \u003ci\u003eFlake, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere do all the lost things go? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Dobbiston, they'll likely end up in the care of Mr Daniels, the long-time custodian of the local lost property office. Somewhere deep in the bowels of the town council's shabby premises he has spent a lifetime quietly cataloguing the carelessness of his fellow Dobbiston residents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life's chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through Lost Property Office vignettes - a snooker cue love story, a granny’s tea cosy and a kid’s toy on an intergalactic adventure – local histories are elevated to the momentous and profound, drawn with playful nostalgia and Dooley’s deadpan wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFLAKE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A joy... think of Joff Winterhart with a cone and a squirt of strawberry sauce' \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e(A) wonderful, elegiac debut... full of irresistible puns' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cheerfully nostalgic trip into a north western english town of pub quizzes, crazy golf and crosswords' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Dooley\u003c\/b\u003e won the Cape\/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize and his debut \u003ci\u003eFLAKE\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Cape in 2020, went on to win the Wodehouse Bollinger Prize, the first time for a graphic novel. It was also a Guardian Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is from the north-west of England and now lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45016087167137,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781787333956","price":43.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781787333956.jpg?v=1753587164","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/aristotles-cuttlefish-hardcover-by-matthew-dooley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}