{"product_id":"9781914595844","title":"Boundary Waters","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hughes, Tristan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 June 2025 by PARTHIAN BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 380 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 199 x 31 | 344g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLower Canada, 1804.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Stanton, lacking direction in his life and desperately seeking the approval of his father, wanders the streets of Montreal filled with daydreams of exoticlands and adventures inspired by novels and traveller's tales. On a sudden whim he decides to sign up as a clerk in the fur trade and is sent on a mission to recover a cache of furs obtained from a secret beaver in El Dorado. Accompanied by a down-at-heel band of voyageurs, led by a disgraced and drunken trader, he embarks on a journey by birchbark canoe into the northern wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaddling from Lachine to Lake Superior, and then across the unresolved border between Canada and the United States, Arthur's travels will take him into a series of baffling new worlds, where he will prove himself to be hapless in trade, hopeless in love, and terrified of the landscapes and peoples that surround him. Stumbling from one mishap into another, he will at last fall into disaster, seemingly betray his friends and companions, and have to begin a quest to set things right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet amongst the starkly beautiful landscapes of the upper great lakes during an era of blurred and shifting boundaries between nations and cultures, where nothing is certain and misapprehensions can be fatal, Arthur's journey becomes a tragicomic tale of love, loss and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665414832504,"sku":"9781914595844","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781914595844.jpg?v=1789734269","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781914595844","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}