{"product_id":"in-the-weeds-paperback-1","title":"In the Weeds - 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\u003eJoseph Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You name something, you change what it is, who it belongs to\u003cbr\u003ePeople do it everywhere they go: new names\u003cbr\u003eNot one of them even knows what we called this island before they came\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKazumi is hunting a sea monster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArriving on a remote Hebridean island, he meets Coblaith, a local woman whose family have lived there for generations. When she offers to help him find the mythical creature that he believes drowned his family, their relationship blossoms. But there's something strange about Cob's obsessive affection for the lochs and something even stranger about the way the other islanders treat her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuspicious of his new lover, Kazumi's imagination gets the better of him. Could it be that Coblaith is the mythical creature he has been searching for? Or are humans the real monsters after all? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn The Weeds\u003c\/i\u003e examines our relationship to the land we live on, its heritage and who it belongs to. A gothic thriller, it asks how remote communities can survive the dangers created by the tourism they rely on. This edition was published to coincide with the UK tour ahead of a run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Royal Court and Chichester Festival Theatre Young Writers Programmes, and of HighTide Festival Theatre's Escalator Playwright attachment. Joseph's first play, \u003ci\u003eCuddles\u003c\/i\u003e, opened at the Ovalhouse Theatre in 2013. In May 2015 it toured nationally before transferring to New York. Other theatre includes: \u003ci\u003eThe Pier \u003c\/i\u003e(Oxford Playhouse\/Marlowe Theatre) and \u003ci\u003eThe Van Dyck Vanishments (\u003c\/i\u003eMarine Studios\/Milo Wladek Co). Joseph also writes for TV and radio: In 2014 his play \u003ci\u003eThe Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman won \u003c\/i\u003ethe BBC Drama Imison Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219507200249,"sku":"9781350354722","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VWJacTdNU0lCNXZHVmdUR0FSTVMzdz09_6b58787f-791d-4e61-a9e9-f8da8df61319.webp?v=1768166352","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/in-the-weeds-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}