{"product_id":"literature-tm","title":"Literature(TM)","description":"\"A tour de force.\" \u003cb\u003eINTERZONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will keep readers turning pages.\" \u003cb\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the cleverest stories I've read this year. It's whip-smart, well-paced, deeply satirical and dappled with just anough dark and light to keep the reader riveted.\"\u003cb\u003eANNE CUNNINGHAM \u003ci\u003e(IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES OF LONDON)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Amazing. This is also a nomination for our Novel of the Year award. Captivating and timely, with a perfect bittersweet ending.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUNDERGROUND BOOK REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brave New World meets 1984 in this Big Brother masterpiece.\"\u003cb\u003eSAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A quality piece of work.\" \u003cb\u003eSFCROWSNEST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe don't know exactly when Literature(R) takes place and we don't know exactly where - all we know is that Philip Marlowe would fit right in.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut we don't get Marlowe. We get Billy Stringer, and Billy is on nobody's trail.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe's the prey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe day hasn't begun very well for Billy. He just messed up his first big assignment, he's definitely going to be late for work, his girlfriend won't get back to him and, for reason's she has something to do with, he's dressed like a clown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso, he's pretty sure someone is going to kill him today. But then, that's an occupational hazard, when you're a terrorist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe's a bookworm too, which woudn't be a problem - or particularly interesting - except that in Billy's world, fiction is banned. Reading it is what makes him an outlaw.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy? Because people need to get to work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's fight or flight time for Billy and he's made his choice. But he has to see Jane, even if it's for the last time - to explain it all to her, before she finds out what he has become. That means staying alive for a little while.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd the odds are against him...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Literature(R) speaks to the industrialization of art and also to the link between radicalisation and alienation in consumerist societies. Mainly though, it speaks to our need for great stories. By providing one. There is heart here, and heartache. And, crucially, a chase scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For lovers of Ray Bradbury's \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e, Aldous Huxley's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e and George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e to Raymond Chandler's \u003ci\u003eThe Long Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e and Philip K Dick's \u003ci\u003eUbik\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003eNINEVEH EDITIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Literature(R)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully written...a beautifully rendered story, mixing the cynicism and moral ambiguity of classic noir fiction with startling flashes of humour and some disarmingly tender moments.\"\u003cb\u003e EO HIGGINS, CONVERSATIONS WITH SPIRITS, UNBOUND\/PENGUIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I was enraptured from the start. 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