{"product_id":"9780861543731","title":"The Gold Machine : Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sinclair, Iain \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePeru\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 September 2022 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e226 x 246 x 41 | 378g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021‘Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.’ Barry MilesFrom the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by – and in reaction to – an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Sinclair’s haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.’ TLS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925358051587,"sku":"9780861543731","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780861543731_9aa64e68-3ae4-4014-9b0a-25c5b1c09521.jpg?v=1731406025","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780861543731","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}