{"product_id":"2026200016246-secondhand-the-girl-in-a-swing","title":"The Girl In A Swing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated author of Watership Down comes a mesmerising tale of love, obsession, and dread that burrows under the skin and refuses to let go. The Girl in a Swing chronicles the story of Alan Desland, a repressed English antiques dealer who, on a business trip to Copenhagen, encounters the devastatingly beautiful and enigmatic Käthe — a woman so perfect she seems almost otherworldly. Swept into a passionate, impulsive marriage, Alan returns to England with his new bride, only to find that the idyllic life he imagined is shadowed by a creeping, inexplicable terror that he cannot name or explain.\n\nRichard Adams demonstrates here a remarkable range, moving far beyond his celebrated naturalistic fables to craft a psychological ghost story of uncommon sophistication. The novel masterfully blends erotic romance with supernatural horror, drawing on themes of guilt, original sin, and the terrible price of hidden secrets. Adams's prose is lush and deliberate, building an atmosphere of mounting unease that earned the *New York Times*'s praise as strange, beautiful and haunting. The novel leaves its central mystery — what darkness does Käthe carry within her? — tantalizingly unresolved, daring the reader to decide where reality ends and the supernatural begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342774345947,"sku":"2026200016246-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d6c0b089-7f47-47cd-9bbf-6dc92ad9b527.png?v=1790049119","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016246-secondhand-the-girl-in-a-swing","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}