{"product_id":"the-daydreamer-9780385498050","title":"The Daydreamer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA delightful literary foray for adults and children alike, from the inexhaustible imagination of the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl.\"\u003ci\u003e --Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, \u003ci\u003eThe Daydreamer\u003c\/i\u003e marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652135162130,"sku":"9780385498050","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_745c4b48-0c7e-48ee-a2f2-cdac3c47793c.jpg?v=1733318594","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-daydreamer-9780385498050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}