{"product_id":"picnic-at-hanging-rock-joan-lindsay-paperback","title":"Picnic at Hanging Rock -- Joan Lindsay, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Now a six-part TV series starring Natalie Dormer, from Amazon Prime*\n\n\n\nA 50th-anniversary edition of the landmark novel about three \"gone girls\" that inspired the acclaimed 1975 film, featuring a foreword by Maile Meloy, author of \u003ci\u003eDo Not Become Alarmed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. They never returned. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mysterious and subtly erotic, \u003ci\u003ePicnic at Hanging Rock \u003c\/i\u003einspired the iconic 1975 film of the same name by Peter Weir. A beguiling landmark of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jackson's \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, \u003c\/i\u003e Daphne du Maurier's \u003ci\u003eRebecca, \u003c\/i\u003eand Jeffrey Eugenides' \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides \u003c\/i\u003eas a masterpiece of intrigue.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joan Lindsay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/3\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 5\" L x 0.7\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780143132059\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737647022379,"sku":"9780143132059","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780143132059_72f54c3a-beeb-4e01-8631-b4c33a40bd22.jpg?v=1774777017","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/picnic-at-hanging-rock-joan-lindsay-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}