{"product_id":"9781917352079","title":"The Boy on the Train","description":"Author: Martin Goodman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917352079\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Barbican Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sinuously written, subtly subversive\" - Beatrice Hitchman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilently, digitally, a boy takes apart your family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping techno-thriller that fuses Patricia Highsmith's psychological intensity with urgent climate activism. When teenage hacker Tom Snelling encounters coal broker Steve McInnes on a train, a chance collision sparks a devastating game of digital cat-and-mouse. Tom, a reclusive coding prodigy driven by eco-fury, systematically dismantles Steve's life-planting child pornography, triggering financial chaos, and exposing the moral rot beneath corporate respectability. But Tom is being watched by Mel, a gender-fluid intelligence operative, while MI5's shadowy \"Glyph\" operation secretly manipulates them both. As Tom's algorithms threaten to collapse the global fossil fuel industry, the question becomes: can one brilliant, damaged boy save the planet by burning down the system-or will his digital vengeance consume everything, including himself?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925014855838,"sku":"ING-9781917352079","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781917352079.jpg?v=1782957444","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781917352079","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}