{"product_id":"city-of-the-mind-9780140156676","title":"City of the Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the second novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''This is the city in which everything is simultaneous. There is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn London''s changing heartland, architect Matthew Halland is aware of how the past and the present blend. It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter Jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him. Here too is the London of prehistory, of Georgian elegance, of the Blitz. But Matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for London in Docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A glorious novel'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA glorious novel * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe descriptions of the London Blitz are achingly real * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eWell crafted, complex, fascinating * Time Out *\u003cbr\u003eBold and beautiful, often witty, hopeful, enriching * Scotsman *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017563373911,"sku":"9780140156676","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140156676.jpg?v=1750773959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/city-of-the-mind-9780140156676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}