{"product_id":"early-riser","title":"Early Riser","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEarly Riser\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJasper Fforde\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143111276\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e416\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A \"hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"blindingly inventive,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"wonderfully weird dystopian thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e and the Thursday Next series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cause for celebration . . . Fforde writes witty, chewy sentences, full of morsels, and delivers them deadpan. . . . [His] relentless imagination and his affection for his characters are contagious and irresistible.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWell, not \u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter consuls, the group responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams, which you dismiss as nothing more than an artefact born of the sleeping mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen you get the dreams too, it's weird. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping, and stamp collecting; ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers; and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical Wintervolk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Early Riser | Jasper Fforde | Paperback | 9780143111276 | New | Sci-Fi \u0026 Fantasy 1765036","offer_id":49384050819224,"sku":"1765036","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81jSyMqvSCL.jpg?v=1783177609","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/early-riser","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}