{"product_id":"9781805330660","title":"The Pendragon Legend","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhile visiting a Welsh castle, a young scholar finds himself at the center of occult rituals and a murder mystery in this “absolute treat” of a gothic detective story (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At an end-of-the London season soiree, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Batky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumors. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Batky receives a mysterious phone-call warning him not to go. But go he does, plunging him into a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways-old libraries and warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains and underground tombs.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Pendragon Legend\u003c\/i\u003e is Antal Szerb's first novel and is a gently satirical blend of gothic and romantic genres, crossed with the murder mystery format to produce a fast-moving and often hilarious romp. But beneath the surface, the reader becomes aware of a steely intelligence probing moral, psychological, and religious questions.","brand":"Antal Szerb","offers":[{"title":"Steerforth Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-11-05","offer_id":46019550937343,"sku":"9781805330660","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bd656fce-b050-4a9b-a1cb-4cb4d06b2758.jpg?v=1723176828","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781805330660","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}