{"product_id":"mr-rinyoclactons-offer-9780241485736","title":"Mr RinyoClactons Offer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Russell Hoban''s imagination knows no bounds ... darkly funny and profound'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''You want to buy my death for a million pounds!''\u003c\/i\u003e Piccadilly Circus tube station is an unlikely location for a pact with the Devil, but this is where Jonathan Fitch first meets Mr Rinyo-Clacton. Devastated after his girlfriend Serafina has left him, Jonathan agrees that this mysterious stranger will pay him a million pounds for a year, if he agrees to die at the end of it. What could possibly go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A poignant and engaging fable of ownership and surrender'' Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Nothing is accidental or optional in this jewelled clockwork egg of a book ... Hoban is a hugely skilled, moving and endlessly entertaining writer'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing is accidental or optional in this jewelled clockwork egg of a book... Hoban is a hugely skilled, moving and endlessly entertaining writer.\u003c\/p\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA poignant and engaging fable of ownership and surrender. -- Philip Hensher * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eHe mixes wild invention with subtle observation... the resulting tale reads like a downbeat, offbeat Faust for the tawdry, lottery-playing 1990s. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWorth rejoicing in ... a banquet of whimsical delights. Each Russell Hoban book is surprising ... but you also know what you're getting, which is curiosity, wonder and a world-encompassing empathy. -- John Self * The Guardian *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733142516055,"sku":"9780241485736","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241485736.jpg?v=1719999564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mr-rinyoclactons-offer-9780241485736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}