{"product_id":"the-birth-lottery","title":"The Birth Lottery - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'It's a simple car bomb, and it's rigged to a busload of schoolgirls. No one knows it is there except for me.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnpleasant truths await a Sri Lankan president in the back of a London cab. An advertising agency has to come to terms with a blown-up collection of pictures of its employees' penises. A man presumed missing, quietly journals by the sea. A being dispassionately recalls the numerous births it had taken and absurd fates it had to endure. An Englishman, a Dutchman and a Portuguese man walk into a Ceylon bar with grand narcotic designs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA masterful blend of dry wit, morbid charm and earnest observations, Booker-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Birth Lottery and Other Surprises\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of fantastic short stories that serves up fantasies for both doomsday and everyday, marking the return of one of South Asia's most compelling storytellers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40056824299586,"sku":"","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/41XnbO8kYUL._SX324_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1681911253","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-birth-lottery","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}