{"product_id":"the-good-people-paperback-by-patrick-harpur","title":"The Good People Paperback by Patrick Harpur","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\u003eStrange Attractor Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-07-07)\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\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781907222405\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e374.22\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.96 x 14.94 x 1.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo women see something uncanny in the skies over west London in the summer of 1989.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1989, a time of global flux just before the collapse of the Berlin wall and of South Africa's apartheid; a time of signs and portents…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo women see something uncanny in the skies over west London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaeve, the wife of the local vicar, finds she has lost nearly an hour of her life. In search of this lost time, she uncovers the memory of an encounter with aliens and, worse, a mysterious event from her childhood in Ireland, which she finally redeems in the underworld of an IRA-connected pub…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer husband Alistair has his own nightmare: preparations for the visit of an African bishop and his entourage for a Christian conference, whose left-wing agenda is threatened by the attendance of a famous and enigmatic nun…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Heather's sighting comes as a revelation that leads her, like a questing Grail knight, through strange ordeals, from a menacing cult to an alternate reality; from a mental hospital to, finally, an encounter with her own hidden depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA companion volume to the author's critically lauded \u003ci\u003eDaimonic Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic nonfiction study of otherworld journeys, \u003ci\u003eThe Good People\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern fairy tale that dramatizes with wit the interweaving of revelation and delusion, the natural and the supernatural, worldliness and sanctity—ultimately suggesting that our humdrum lives are shadowed by the alien dimension of myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003ePatrick Harpur is the author of \u003ci\u003eMercurius; or, the Marriage of Heaven and Earth, a Study of Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Complete Guide to the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published three novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Serpent's Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Savoy Truffle,\u003c\/i\u003e a highly autobiographical black comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556547088545,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781907222405","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781907222405.jpg?v=1781821317","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-good-people-paperback-by-patrick-harpur","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}