{"product_id":"in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil-hardcover","title":"In the House of Tom Bombadil - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. R. Wiley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Tom Bombadil doing in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ? His bright blue coat and yellow boots seem out of place with the grandeur of the rest of the narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some of the best insights ever made about J.R.R. Tolkien's invented world or, frankly, about 20th-century literature.... Here is a book of intense wisdom and penetrating thought.\" Bradley J. Birzer, author of \u003ci\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, C.R. Wiley shows that Tom is not an afterthought but Tolkien's way of making a profoundly important point. Tolkien once wrote, \"[Tom Bombadil] represents something that I feel important, though I would not be prepared to analyze the feeling precisely. I would not, however, have left him in, if he did not have some kind of function.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry are a small glimpse of the perfect beauty, harmony, and happy ending that we all yearn for in our hearts. To understand Tom Bombadil is to understand more of Tolkien and his deeply Christian vision of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.R. Wiley\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginative Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e and a minister living in the Pacific Northwest. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Mythic Circle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e, and his nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTouchstone Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Relevant Magazine Online, and \u003ci\u003eModern Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Household and the War for the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMan of the House\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Purloined Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Book 1 of the \u003ci\u003eWeirdling Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e, is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.77 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336962859373,"sku":"9781954887022","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/twg6jCK-1M9781954887022.webp?v=1778922782","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-house-of-tom-bombadil-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}