{"product_id":"all-quiet-on-the-orient-express-9781408813768","title":"All Quiet on the Orient Express","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark, surreally funny novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-shortlisted author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilariously surreal. It''s a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003eIt is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District''s damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East.But then the owner of the campsite asks him to paint a fence and he innocently obliges. Soon other odd jobs pile up until little by little he becomes ensnared in the ominous out-of-season''...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice' * Esquire *\u003cbr\u003e‘Mills is a master of the cliffhanger and can make even the most deadpan behaviour compelling and funny... A deliciously sly comic fable' * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘Absorbing, darkly worrying and very, very funny' * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘Mill's great strength is in mixing quiet amusing amusements with a deeper feeling of malice' * Guardian *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408005275991,"sku":"9781408813768","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408813768.jpg?v=1730501243","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-quiet-on-the-orient-express-9781408813768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}