{"product_id":"9780241665596","title":"Glyph","description":"Author: Smith, Ali\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241665596\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt sounds like \u003ci\u003eGliff\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eWell, it's something else altogether. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts don't exist. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey don't. End of. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory, however. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is haunting. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything tells it. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost.\u003cbr\u003eIs it imaginary? Is it real?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom.\u003cbr\u003eWhat to do? She phones her sister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a chiaroscuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. A funny, warm and clear-eyed take on where we are now, \u003ci\u003eGlyph\u003c\/i\u003e is about what our imaginations are for and how, in a broken, brutal and divided time, we rekindle care, solidarity, resistance and openness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anti-war novel, Ali Smith's most soulful, playful and vital yet, is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA standalone novel, it's family to \u003ci\u003eGliff \u003c\/i\u003e(2024).","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882753642654,"sku":"UBD-9780241665596","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241665596.jpg?v=1779862635","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241665596","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}