{"product_id":"9780340921623","title":"The Bone Clocks","description":"Author: David Mitchell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780340921623\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Jun 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 608 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMetaphysical thriller, meditation on mortality and chronicle of our self-devouring times, this is the kaleidoscopic new novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne drowsy summer's day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for 'asylum'. Decades will pass before Holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE BONE CLOCKS\u003c\/i\u003e follows the twists and turns of Holly's life from a scarred adolescence in Gravesend to old age on Ireland's Atlantic coast as Europe's oil supply dries up - a life not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air and brief lapses in the laws of reality. For Holly Sykes - daughter, sister, mother, guardian - is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played out in the shadows and margins of our world, and may prove to be its decisive weapon.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491586003102,"sku":"ADS-9780340921623","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780340921623.jpg?v=1770594365","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780340921623","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}