{"product_id":"9781804990803-normal-rules-dont-apply","title":"Normal Rules Don't Apply","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the fantastical \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling short story collection from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife After Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Simply \u003cb\u003eone of the best writers\u003c\/b\u003e working today, anywhere in the world' Gillian Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘As soon as\u003cb\u003e you get to the end, you’ll be tempted to just start at the beginning’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eFunny and poignant in equal measure\u003c\/b\u003e, you’ll want to read this captivating collection in one mystical sitting.’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to a world, where nothing is quite what it seems… \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, you’ll meet, among others, a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep, a secretary who watches over the life she has just left, and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination in a constantly changing multiverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtkinson’s first short story collection in twenty years, \u003ci\u003eNormal Rules Don't Apply\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eHilarious, breathtaking, horrific, irresistible\u003c\/b\u003e . [Atkinson is] always in command . Heart in mouth, \u003cb\u003eI never wanted this book to end\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eSublime \u003c\/b\u003e… showcases her \u003cb\u003esuperb storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e and the wit of her writing’ \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is\u003cb\u003e perfectly captured \u003c\/b\u003ewithin these pages’ \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dazzling’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Kate Atkinson:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Inexhaustibly \u003cb\u003eingenious\u003c\/b\u003e' HILARY MANTEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003eand profoundly original writer' RACHEL CUSK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Atkinson is a novelist of \u003cb\u003eunrivalled immediacy\u003c\/b\u003e, authority, and skill' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the country's \u003cb\u003emost innovative, exciting and intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e authors.' SCOTSMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41687795531873,"sku":"9781804990803","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32357376.jpg?v=1737190473","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804990803-normal-rules-dont-apply","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}