{"product_id":"bookish-9781529447293","title":"Bookish","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003edapted from the upcoming major U\u0026amp;alibi series created by Mark Gatiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matthew Sweet's novelisation of \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e is based on a brand new six-part TV series coming to U\u0026amp;alibi this summer, set in post-war London in 1946, about an enigmatic independent bookshop owner who helps the local police solve crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Book \u003c\/b\u003eis an erudite and unconventional London bookseller married to Trottie, the owner of the wallpaper shop next door. He is also a sleuth who uses the chaotic riches of his stock to crack the puzzling cases that come his way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He does not work alone. Book's shop is a magnet for waifs and strays - one of whom is an aspiring writer called Nora. Unlike the TV series, the novel will re-tell the crime stories from Nora's perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClever, endearing and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm-hearted and unexpected mystery, about books, murder and the secrets we all keep.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Sweet is co-writer, with Mark Gatiss, of \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e. He presents \u003ci\u003eFree Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC Radio 4 and \u003ci\u003eSound of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC Radio 3. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInventing the Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber, 2001), \u003ci\u003eShepperton Babylon \u003c\/i\u003e(Faber, 2005), \u003ci\u003eThe West End Front\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eOperation Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e (Picador 2018). His 25 years of television and radio programmes include \u003ci\u003eThe Culture Show \u003c\/i\u003e(BBC2), \u003ci\u003eChecking into History\u003c\/i\u003e (C4), five series of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophers Arms\u003c\/i\u003e (Radio 4) and \u003ci\u003e1922: The Birth of Now\u003c\/i\u003e, a ten-part history of modernism (Radio 4). He has been film critic of the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, photography critic of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and fashion columnist for \u003ci\u003e1843\/The Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. His film \u003ci\u003eLiberation Radio\u003c\/i\u003e screened in the 2021 London Film Festival and at the Manzi gallery in Hanoi. In 2017 he and the baker Frances Quinn achieved a chocolate-related Guinness World record that held good until 2022, when it was broken by Ant and Dec. His crime novel \u003ci\u003eThe New Forest Murders\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon and Schuster) and his biography \u003ci\u003eThe Great Dictator: The Life of Barbara Cartland\u003c\/i\u003e (Hodder) are forthcoming.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635489341714,"sku":"9781529447293","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d89118b8-4c3a-4ee5-9a14-83cb1cbacd53.jpg?v=1759239049","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bookish-9781529447293","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}