{"product_id":"aristotles-cuttlefish-9781787333956","title":"Aristotle's Cuttlefish","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story about mislaid umbrellas, questionable scientific theories and unlikely friendship - from the author of \u003ci\u003eFlake, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere do all the lost things go? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dobbiston, they'll likely end up in the care of Mr Daniels, the long-time custodian of the local lost property office. Somewhere deep in the bowels of the town council's shabby premises he has spent a lifetime quietly cataloguing the carelessness of his fellow Dobbiston residents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life's chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through Lost Property Office vignettes - a snooker cue love story, a granny's tea cosy and a kid's toy on an intergalactic adventure - local histories are elevated to the momentous and profound, drawn with playful nostalgia and Dooley's deadpan wit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFLAKE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A joy... think of Joff Winterhart with a cone and a squirt of strawberry sauce' \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'(A) wonderful, elegiac debut... full of irresistible puns' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A cheerfully nostalgic trip into a north western english town of pub quizzes, crazy golf and crosswords' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787333956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Matthew Dooley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258219790517,"sku":"9781787333956","price":36.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8c8851e4-990a-4797-9cab-337eb1151351.jpg?v=1750814444","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/aristotles-cuttlefish-9781787333956","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}