{"product_id":"overland","title":"Overland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: the open road, London to Kathmandu, just three young people looking for adventure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo one could have predicted the way it ended, and for fifty years the truth has been buried. But now, Joyce is ready to tell her story. London, 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFresh out of a dead-end job, Joyce answers an ad in the local paper: Kathmandu by van, leave August. Share petrol and costs. Joyce is desperate to escape life in suburbia, and aristocrat Freddie looks like he can show her a wild time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether with Anton, Freddie’s best friend from boarding school, they embark on the overland trail from London to Kathmandu in a beaten-up old Land Rover. But as they cross the borders into Asia, Freddie can’t outrun his family’s history, leading to devastating consequences for everyone. Overland is a novel about youth, privilege, class and the sharp echoes of British imperialism from one of the most exciting new voices in literary fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Yasmin Cordery Khan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361242276097,"sku":"9781801107389","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2024-07-03T110053.837.png?v=1720000877","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/overland","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}