{"product_id":"9781471126765-station-on-the-path-to-somewhere-better","title":"A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecliptic\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin Wood writes a novel of exceptional force and beauty about the bond between fathers and sons, about the invention and reconciliation of self – weaving a haunting story of violence and love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the 2025 Booker-longlisted author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeascraper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the finest British novelists of his generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A huge talent' Hilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written' Douglas Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a writer' Richard Osman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eWith his third novel, \u003cb\u003eWood’s talent has burgeoned spectacularly. The book is a tremendous achievement, an unputdownable domestic thriller that is also subtle and moving … \u003c\/b\u003etravelling well beyond his earlier fiction,\u003cb\u003e Wood has produced a tour de force \u003c\/b\u003ethat marks his creative arrival’\u003cb\u003e David Grylls, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A\u003cb\u003e novel written from the gut, and with a correspondingly visceral power\u003c\/b\u003e. 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