{"product_id":"2026200013833-secondhand-the-angel-and-the-cuckoo","title":"The Angel And The Cuckoo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Light water damage to front of jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the smoky, labyrinthine world of London's underworld and bohemian haunts, Gerald Kersh's The Angel and the Cuckoo presents a vivid cast of dreamers, drifters, and survivors bound together by the unpredictable currents of fate and desire. With the sharp, unsentimental eye that made him one of mid-twentieth century fiction's most distinctive voices, Kersh chronicles a world teetering between innocence and corruption, where the angelic and the parasitic coexist in uneasy proximity.\n\nKersh, a master of atmosphere and moral ambiguity, constructs his narrative with the rhythmic intensity of a street-corner storyteller, drawing on his own picaresque experiences in pre- and post-war London. His prose is at once gritty and lyrical, illuminating the humanity in even the most shadowed of characters — leaving the reader to wonder, in the end, whether it is the angel or the cuckoo who truly holds sway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160933867739,"sku":"2026200013833-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ce084e5b-25cf-4199-8958-ed0270ac12cc.png?v=1787188445","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013833-secondhand-the-angel-and-the-cuckoo","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}