{"product_id":"9780571357567-premonitions-bureau","title":"The Premonitions Bureau","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Sunday Times bestseller. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Chosen as a Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eTimes, Observer, Telegraph, Irish Times, Stylist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eiPaper \u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning piece of work'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully ordered, humane, capacious' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An eerie and amazing account of coincidence and fate' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmma Cline\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Completely compelling and beautifully written' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnil Seth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePremonitions are impossible. But they come true all the time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou think of a forgotten friend. Out of the blue, they call.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if you knew that something terrible was going to happen? A sudden flash, the words CHARING CROSS. Four days later, a packed express train comes off the rails outside the station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if you could share your vision, and stop that train? Could these forebodings help the world to prevent disasters?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1966, John Barker, a dynamic psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate these questions\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He would find a network of hundreds of correspondents, from bank clerks to ballet teachers. Among them were two unnervingly gifted \"percipients\". Together, the pair predicted plane crashes, assassinations and international incidents, with uncanny accuracy. And then, they informed Barker of their most disturbing premonition: that he was about to die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Premonitions Bureau \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling true story, of madness and wonder, science and the supernatural - a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40047342059617,"sku":"9780571357567","price":11.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/9510b81104b84297c8f5eb1eab8f9a10.jpg?v=1674712306","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571357567-premonitions-bureau","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}