{"product_id":"casting-the-runes","title":"Casting the Runes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnjoy the previously restricted private writings of Montague Rhodes James, the much-loved and brilliantly eccentric writer of supernatural tales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.R. James is best known today for his ghost stories. Their popularity has kept them in print since the first collection was issued in 1931, and they've earned a cult following. But for all this literary success, his lifetime's correspondence has remained inaccessible in a Cambridge University archive – until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first ever collection of his personal letters has been meticulously curated, transcribed and annotated by Jamesian scholar Jane Mainley-Piddock to offer an unprecedented and overdue insight into a great and singular mind. Through notoriously illegible handwriting, we learn of James's fear of spiders and his love of cats; his musings on the work of other contemporary authors; and a whole life's thoughts on a host of subjects – which shed light on the man himself: his family, his work, his relationships and preoccupations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for any fan, \u003cem\u003eCasting the Runes\u003c\/em\u003e brings at last to the fore a writer adored for his fiction who himself has long remained in the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 300pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (February 2023) \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781800181755\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54538436739399,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/3784\/1223\/files\/9781806771844.jpg?v=1786035118","url":"https:\/\/wiltonsquarebooks.com\/products\/casting-the-runes","provider":"Wilton Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}