{"product_id":"a-sting-in-the-ale-paperback-1","title":"A Sting In The Ale - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Devine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove, Cruelty, Power: the three cornered stool on which the world squats. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Sting in the Ale \u003c\/strong\u003eis not a novel, it is not even an anti-novel but rather an extended meditation in short story and poetic form over the events reimagined of an otherwise uneventful life; the life of every human animal in which plot and plans fall prey to one darn thing after another. Most things were never meant to be - as the poet of lower middle class misery once observed.\u003cbr\u003eThe modern cult of power has replaced the ancient notion of the Good as the credible measure of a fulfilled and meaningful life. To what pass is the cult of the self and the cult of power and its holyfool handmaidens leading us? \u003cbr\u003ePower, Cruelty and Love; the power of love, the love of power and the universal apologia of partners, jilting lovers, politicians and pimps of various persuasions insisting that one has to be cruel in order to be kind. Very often the kindness in the human animal is cruelty in waiting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Sting in the Ale\u003c\/strong\u003e is a work of art or pornography - only the individual reader can decide.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47238878167289,"sku":"9781915229984","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NWxTQlB1ZEZSNFd4ZjdYOUpwUWlzdz09_0eef17d4-10ee-4c8b-ae9c-95b3fd58ad7d.webp?v=1768558423","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-sting-in-the-ale-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}