{"product_id":"the-bridge-9780349139210","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning book. Banks' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man lies in a coma after a near-fatal accident. His body broken, his memory vanished, he finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is this man? Where is he? Is he more dead than alive? Or has he never been so alive before? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Iain Banks: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'\u003c\/b\u003e Ken MacLeod, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exceptional wordsmith' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1984. He gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Iain Banks died in June 2013.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abacus (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038904217874,"sku":"9780349139210","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b6b4fdf9-6748-4d81-a4df-ebfa067c93a1.jpg?v=1771340491","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bridge-9780349139210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}