{"product_id":"ratcatcher-1","title":"Ratcatcher","description":"Ratcatcher was the brilliant feature-film debut of the young Scotswoman Lynne Ramsay, one of the finest new talents in world cinema. It is the summer of 1973, and 12-year-old James Gillespie lives with his family on a Glasgow estate, which looks increasingly wretched as a dustmen's strike wears on. One day, James inadvertently causes a pal of his to drown in the local canal, and he flees the scene, apparently unseen. He strikes up a touching intimacy with an older girl whom the other estate lads use for sex; and he dreams of leaving the estate for one of the big, clean new houses being built a few miles out of town. But finally James cannot escape his circumstances any more than he can forget about his pal's untimely death.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53250163704195,"sku":"9780571203499N","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/583bb793-779b-4f47-a783-29152c5ce1b5.jpg?v=1727771545","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/ratcatcher-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}