{"product_id":"9781526639561-metronome","title":"Metronome","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 'unputdownable' BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award \u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Goldsboro Books  Glass Bell Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eUnputdownable\u003c\/b\u003e … An \u003cb\u003eextraordinary \u003c\/b\u003ebook … as \u003cb\u003einsightful \u003c\/b\u003eand as \u003cb\u003epremonitory \u003c\/b\u003eas\u003cb\u003e Orwell’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e 1984\u003c\/b\u003e’ Litro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With echoes of\u003cb\u003e Emily St John Mandel \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eMegan Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Macneal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eStylish \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ethoughtful \u003c\/b\u003e… The eerie claustrophobia of the setting will stay with the reader for a long while.' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot all that is hidden is lost…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor twelve years Aina and Whitney have been in exile on an island for a crime they committed together, tethered to a croft by pills they take for survival every eight hours. They’ve kept busy - Aina with her garden, her jigsaw, her music; Whitney with his sculptures and maps - but something is not right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShipwrecks have begun washing up, supply drops have stopped and on the day their punishment is meant to end, the Warden does not come. Instead a sheep appears; but sheep can’t swim. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAina becomes convinced that they’ve been abandoned, and that Whitney has been keeping secrets. As she starts testing the limits of their prison, investigating ways she might escape, she is confronted by decisions that haunt her past. Little does she realise that her biggest choice is yet to come…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Taut, unsettling and so completely charged with both tension and emotion' Naomi Ishiguro\u003cbr\u003e'As moving as it is chilling' Emma Stonex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader Reviews \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eoriginal \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003eread'\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAddictive\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eatmospheric\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ehaunting \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eoriginal\u003c\/b\u003e dystopian story'\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompelling \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eabsorbing\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003erefreshing \u003c\/b\u003echange from the norm'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40771318775905,"sku":"9781526639561","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31295397.jpg?v=1731574038","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526639561-metronome","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}