{"product_id":"signed-first-edition-the-colony-audrey-magee","title":"SIGNED FIRST EDITION: The Colony - Audrey Magee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003eSigned by the author to bespoke publisher's bookplate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for The Booker Prize 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe handed the easel to the boatman, reaching down the pier wall towards the sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMr Lloyd has decided to travel to the island by boat without engine - the authentic experience. Unbeknownst to him, Mr Masson will also soon be arriving for the summer. Both will strive to encapsulate the truth of this place - one in his paintings, the other by capturing its speech, the language he hopes to preserve. But the people who live on this rock - three miles long and half-a-mile wide - have their own views on what is being recorded, what is being taken and what is given in return.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoft summer days pass, and the islanders are forced to question what they value and what they desire. As the autumn beckons, and the visitors head home, there will be a reckoning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeps Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51303128793427,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/1346\/5683\/files\/colony.jpg?v=1751304071","url":"https:\/\/www.jaggedlittlequill.com\/products\/signed-first-edition-the-colony-audrey-magee","provider":"Jagged Little Quill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}