{"product_id":"aristotles-cuttlefish-hardcover","title":"Aristotle's Cuttlefish - Hardcover","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\u003eMatthew Dooley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere do all the lost things go? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life's chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFLAKE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A joy... think of Joff Winterhart with a cone and a squirt of strawberry sauce' \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'(A) wonderful, elegiac debut... full of irresistible puns' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A cheerfully nostalgic trip into a north western english town of pub quizzes, crazy golf and crosswords' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is from the north-west of England and now lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47211687837945,"sku":"9781787333956","price":46.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/G3m-ZaDJFY9781787333956.webp?v=1768084115","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/aristotles-cuttlefish-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}