{"product_id":"the-warlow-experiment","title":"The Warlow Experiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Warlow Experiment (Hardcover, 288 pages – Serpent's Tail, 2019) – Serpent's Tail, 2019. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinary, quite brilliant book' - C. J. Sansom'Original and gripping' - The Times'Powerful and unsettling' - Andrew Taylor'Engrossing ... compelling' - The Sunday Times'Powerful, imaginative' - Literary ReviewWhat kind of person keeps a man underground for seven years?And who would agree to be part of such an experiment?Herbert Powyss lives on a small estate in the Welsh Marches, with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman's fashionable cultivation of exotic plants and trees. But he longs to make his mark in the field of science - something consequential enough to present to the Royal Society in London.He hits on a radical experiment in isolation: for seven years a subject will inhabit three rooms in the cellar of the manor house, fitted out with books, paintings and even a chamber organ. Meals will arrive thrice daily via a dumbwaiter. The solitude will be totally unrelieved by any social contact; the subject will keep a diary of his daily thoughts and actions. The pay? Fifty pounds per annum, for life.Only one man is desperate enough to apply for the job: John Warlow, a semi-literate labourer with a wife and six children to provide for. The experiment, a classic Enlightenment exercise gone more than a little mad, will have unforeseen consequences for all included. In this seductive tale of self-delusion and obsession, Alix Nathan has created an utterly transporting historical novel which is both elegant and unforgettably sinister.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alix Nathan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367146811674,"sku":"9781788161695","price":95.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/2699\/9322\/files\/91IzzBlP6BL._SY522.jpg?v=1781716995","url":"https:\/\/medicampus.store\/products\/the-warlow-experiment","provider":"medicampus.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}