{"product_id":"the-black-bonspiel-of-willie-maccrimmon","title":"The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last  a book about curling  the noble sport that every winter turns otherwise sane Canadian men and women into broom-waving fanatics. Given the chance  any one of them would actively consider selling their soul to the devil for a chance to win the national championship known as the Brier.  Thats the offer made to Willie MacCrimmon in this hilarious story by W.O. Mitchell. The time is the not-too-distant past  and the place is Shelby  Alberta  a small town in the foothills. Willie  a widower  is the towns shoe-maker  but like a good Scot he lives to curl; curling in fact is his only active religion. He and his rink are so expert that he attracts the attention of the Devil himself  who comes to Shelby and makes him an offer hard to resist. The Devil (a keen curlerand how they keep good ice in hell is fully explained) promises Willie that hell win the Brierif on his death Willie will undertake to come and curl in hell for him in the Celestial Brier.  Willie makes the Faustian deal  but with the proviso that he will save his soul if he and his Shelby rink can beat the Devils rink in a challenge match. And so Willie and his friends  with the help of the Reverend Pringle  take on the Devils crew of Judas  Macbeth and Guy Fawkes in the most crucial curling match of all time  a matter of after-life and death.  Its a fine  old-fashioned funny story  as youd expect from W.O. Mitchell. You might even call it a sweeping saga.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966687277109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771060815","price":27.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771060816.jpg?v=1770574709","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-black-bonspiel-of-willie-maccrimmon","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}