{"product_id":"the-ninth-life-of-louis-drax-9781408865934","title":"The Ninth Life of Louis Drax","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING JAMIE DORNAN AND AARON PAUL\u003c\/b\u003eNine-year-old Louis Drax is a problem child: bright, precocious, deceitful  and dangerously, disturbingly, disaster-prone. When he falls off a cliff into a ravine, the accident seems almost predestined. Louis miraculously survives  but the family has been shattered.Louis' father has vanished, his mother is paralysed by shock, and Louis lies in a deep coma from which he may never emerge. In a clinic in Provence, Dr Pascal Dannachet tries to coax Louis back to consciousness. But the boy defies medical logic, startling Dannachet out of his safe preconceptions, and drawing him inexorably into the dark heart of Louis' buried world. Only Louis holds the key to the mystery surrounding his fall  and he can't communicate. Or can he?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a wonderfully unsettling psychological thriller ... An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping psychological thriller with a gothic flavour ... Unputdownable\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA magnetic read that will delight and disturb * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable suspense novel: tart, mysterious and wrenching\u003c\/b\u003e * Anthony Minghella, Academy Award-winning director *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmotionally compelling, morally fascinating … breathtaking\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA dramatic, suspenseful bestseller ... Demands to be finished in one sitting * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShocking, moving and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Life Of Louis Drax \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary novel about family mystery and medical marvels\u003c\/b\u003e * Image *\u003cbr\u003eContains many heart-stopping moments where the tension is cranked up almost to breaking point * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack, teasing but very humane\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA masterclass in mystery and manipulation * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCunning and compelling ... Brilliant psychological study\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mirror *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408015434071,"sku":"9781408865934","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408865934.jpg?v=1730501276","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ninth-life-of-louis-drax-9781408865934","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}