{"product_id":"9780241339220","title":"The Black Ball","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ellison, Ralph\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 22 February 2018 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 64 pages\u003cbr\u003e161 x 112 x 8 | 46g\u003cp\u003e'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.'Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ellison, Ralph","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465425522872,"sku":"9780241339220","price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780241339220.jpg?v=1734758002","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780241339220","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}