{"product_id":"the-pepsi-cola-addict-9781913689711","title":"The Pepsi Cola Addict","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe legendary lost novel in which fourteen-year-old Preston Wildey-King must choose between his all-consuming passion for Pepsi Cola and his love for schoolmate Peggy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"He walked into the turbulent super market. There were people everywhere. His eyes swept over the shelves and stabilised on a large stack of Pepsi-colas. He could almost experience the cool fizzy liquid descending his parched throat.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by June-Alison Gibbons when she was only 16, \u003ci\u003eThe Pepsi Cola Addict\u003c\/i\u003e is considered one of the great works of twentieth-century outsider literature. More than just a literary curiosity, however, this tale of a teenager whose passion for a well-known cola drink threatens to ruin his life is the uniquely vivid expression of a young woman trying to make sense of the confusing, often brutal world she in which found herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1982 by a vanity press who took  800 from its young author and gave her only a single book in return, it's thought that fewer than ten original copies still exist in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortly after its publication, June-Alison and her sister Jennifer would become infamous as \"The Silent Twins\" and find themselves cruelly incarcerated for over a decade in Broadmoor Hospital. This author-approved edition makes June-Alison Gibbon's remarkable vision widely available for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913689711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"June-Alison Gibbons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42786559688885,"sku":"9781913689711","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_57489acd-3b49-4bbe-ba73-64480090fd52.jpg?v=1680016420","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pepsi-cola-addict-9781913689711","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}