{"product_id":"on-the-run-with-mary-9781939931245","title":"On the Run with Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece by a young genius, fated to die shortly after he had completed it.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eA.N. Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eVictoria: A Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTolstoy: A Biography \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShining moments of tender beauty punctuate this story of a youth on the run after escaping from an elite English boarding school. At London's Euston Station, the narrator meets a talking dachshund named Mary and together they're off on escapades through posh Mayfair streets and jaunts in a Rolls-Royce. But the youth soon realizes that the seemingly sweet dog is a handful; an alcoholic, nymphomaniac, drug-addicted mess who can't stay out of pubs or off the dance floor. In a world of abusive headmasters and other predators, the sexually omnivorous youth discovers that true friends are never needed more than on the mean streets of 1960s London, as he tries to save his beloved Mary from herself. \u003ci\u003eOn the Run with Mary \u003c\/i\u003emirrors the horrors and the joys of the terrible twentieth century. Jonathan Barrow's original drawings accompany the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Barrow \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1947, north of London. His promising career as a writer and artist was cut short when he was killed at age twenty-two in a car crash alongside his fianc e, two weeks before they were to be married. The manuscript was discovered in Barrow's office drawer the day after his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Vessel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939931245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Barrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40648977186997,"sku":"9781939931245","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f534fd51-d331-4ee9-a832-b44b30163b86.jpg?v=1627963129","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-the-run-with-mary-9781939931245","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}