{"product_id":"chalk-a-novel-by-paul-cornell","title":"Chalk A Novel by Paul Cornell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is what horror ought to be: primal, personal, and powerful.\" — Seanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in \u003ci\u003eChalk\u003c\/i\u003e, a brutal exploration of bullying in Margaret Thatcher's England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Waggoner has always hung around with his fellow losers at school, desperately hoping each day that the school bullies — led by Drake — will pass him by in search of other prey. But one day they force him into the woods, and the bullying escalates into something more; something unforgivable; something unthinkable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroken, both physically and emotionally, something dies in Waggoner, and something else is born in its place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the hills of the West Country a chalk horse stands vigil over a site of ancient power, and there Waggoner finds in himself a reflection of rage and vengeance, a power and persona to topple those who would bring him low.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Starscape","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016177582143,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/13666103482460.jpg?v=1773746527","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/chalk-a-novel-by-paul-cornell","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}