{"product_id":"9781035420858-astronaut","title":"Astronaut!","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA darkly funny and deeply moving coming-of-age story set in Communist Romania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving, ASTRONAUT!\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale set in Communist Romania in 1989\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomania, 1989: \u003c\/b\u003ea grey place of mysterious queues, ubiquitous informers and daily news flashes about a\u003cb\u003e man-eating bear \u003c\/b\u003ethat is terrorising the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmidst the daily drudge of work, rationing and careful conversation with neighbours, two lives unexpectedly collide when an idealistic police detective, \u003cb\u003eConstantin\u003c\/b\u003e, is tasked with solving a string of grisly murders, and a rebellious school child, \u003cb\u003eLia\u003c\/b\u003e, is unwittingly drawn into her elderly neighbour's seditious plot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving, \u003cb\u003eASTRONAUT!\u003c\/b\u003e is both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale, one with a perennially relevant message: \u003cb\u003ethe lies we accept today become the truths of tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore praise for the work of Oana Aristide:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Achingly believable, unsensational and chilling'\u003ci\u003e - The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautifully written, emotionally gripping book' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57769408266614,"sku":"9781035420858","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41166633_32335517-785f-43de-9ccb-cba44a496ea4.jpg?v=1778128218","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035420858-astronaut","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}