{"product_id":"9780349705170-the-midnight-timetable","title":"The Midnight Timetable","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Cursed Bunny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated novel from Bora Chung, author of the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEqual parts bone-chilling, wryly funny and deeply political,\u003ci\u003e The Midnight Timetable\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time's greatest imaginations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Truly nightmarish.' \u003cb\u003eAndrew Michael Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I inhaled Bora Chung's book of ghost stories and then slept with the light on!' \u003cb\u003eAvni Doshi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Uniquely brilliant and exquisitely demented' \u003cb\u003eGerardo Sámano Córdova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a labyrinthine research facility, where those who open the wrong door might find it's disappeared behind them or that the echoing footsteps they're running from are their own, an unnamed protagonist begins their night shift under the watchful eye of the building's enigmatic senior guard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Each evening, as the fluorescent lights flicker and the silence grows heavier, the guard shares another tale of cursed objects and lives unspooled by vengeance, sorrow or revelation. But these are not mere ghost stories. They're warnings. Lessons. Or, perhaps, confessions .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As the nights stretch on and reality frays, our protagonist starts to suspect that the building itself is alive with malevolent intent and that the objects they guard aren't just cursed. They're waiting. Watching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Electrifying. A feast of a book. Strange, hypnotic and audacious.'\u003cb\u003e Irenosen Okojie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating novel of shifting realities centred by a steady, humane heart. Bora Chung is a master of concocting dreamscapes that linger.'\u003cb\u003e Marie-Helene Bertino\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These ghost stories .  mist off the page and leave the real world hazy and askew.'\u003cb\u003e Pemi Aguda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55366122242422,"sku":"9780349705170","price":12.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34668430_4294344f-9735-4112-a4d0-d041c3f344ca.jpg?v=1749071837","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349705170-the-midnight-timetable","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}