{"product_id":"nicholas-dane-9780805092035","title":"Nicholas Dane","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Dane\u003c\/strong\u003e by Burgess, Melvin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780805092035.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen fourteen-year-old Nicholas Danes mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of fights and brutal punishments, Nick thinks that life cant possibly get any worse . . . until he realizes that the homes respected deputy head, who has been grooming him with sweets and solace, has something more frightening in mind.\nAcclaimed writer and truth-teller Melvin Burgess brings us, with Dickensian scope and compelling narrative drive, his most ambitious book yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45212870803509,"sku":"ByrdShop_080509203X","price":60.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805092035_5d8c628d-feec-4102-9898-f28adaff1be2.jpg?v=1779908411","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nicholas-dane-9780805092035","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}