{"product_id":"9781554686940","title":"Some Great Thing","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSome Great Thing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lawrence Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahatma Grafton is a disillusioned university graduate burdened with a famous name, and suffering from the curse of his generation -- a total lack of interest in the state of the world. The son of a retired railway porter from Winnipeg, he returns home for a job as a reporter with \u003cem\u003eThe Winnipeg Herald\u003c\/em\u003e. Soon Mahatma is scoping local stories of murder and mayhem, breaking a promise to himself to avoid writing victim stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Mahatma is unexpectedly drawn into the inflammatory issue of French-language rights in Manitoba, with all its racial side-channels, he is surprised to find that he has a social conscience. Combating his boss’s flair for weaving hysteria into his stories, Mahatma learns that to stay afloat he must remain true to himself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopulated with colourful characters -- including an unlikely welfare crusader, a burned-out fellow reporter, a French-language-rights activist, and a visiting journalist from Cameroon -- \u003cem\u003eSome Great Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating portrait of a major urban newspaper and a deeply perceptive story of one man’s coming of age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781554686940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41089206616270,"sku":"9781554686940","price":14.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781554686940.jpg?v=1649046697","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781554686940","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}