{"product_id":"the-wooden-overcoat-paperback","title":"The Wooden Overcoat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comedy of manners and the odd dead body\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon is full of clubs. The Garrick, for example, caters to those with theatrical inclinations, the Athenaeum to eggheads. But the Asterisk may have the strictest membership regulations: \u003ci\u003eAcquitted murderers only\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappily, Benjamin Cann fits the brief. Sure, he strangled Rachel Bolger with a length of pongee silk, but the jury thought different, so while Benji's old landlord may not want him back, the Asterisk gang-suave Clifford Flush (pushed ladies off trains), Mitteleuropean sexpot Lilli Cluj (crushed her husband with a bumper-car), et al.--offers a warm welcome. Benji doesn't love the thought of sharing digs with people more than usually inclined to poison the sherry, but the motherly Mrs. Barratt (dosed Mr. B with ground glass) is delighted. So nice to have fresh blood. And it will be such fun to watch him meet the neighbors!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578907984095,"sku":"9781631943102","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hlOlxWi5ZS9781631943102.webp?v=1790409339","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-wooden-overcoat-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}