{"product_id":"the-sunken-land-begins-to-rise-again-9780575096363","title":"The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2020*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A mesmerising, mysterious book . . . Haunting. Worrying. Beautiful' Russell T. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly unsettling' Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magificent book' Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary experience' William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2020, this is fiction that pushes the boundaries of the novel form.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShaw had a breakdown, but he's getting himself back together. He has a single room, a job on a decaying London barge, and an on-off affair with a doctor's daughter called Victoria, who claims to have seen her first corpse at age thirteen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's not ideal, but it's a life. Or it would be if Shaw hadn't got himself involved in a conspiracy theory that, on dark nights by the river, seems less and less theoretical... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, Victoria is up in the Midlands, renovating her dead mother's house, trying to make new friends. But what, exactly, happened to her mother? Why has the local waitress disappeared into a shallow pool in a field behind the house? And why is the town so obsessed with that old Victorian morality tale, The Water Babies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Shaw and Victoria struggle to maintain their relationship, the sunken lands are rising up again, unnoticed in the shadows around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. John Harrison (1945 - )\u003c\/b\u003e Michael John Harrison is the author of, amongst others, the Viriconium stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Centauri Device\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClimbers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Course of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSigns of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNova Swing\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Boardman Tasker Award (\u003ci\u003eClimbers\u003c\/i\u003e), the James Tiptree Jr Award (\u003ci\u003eLight\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (\u003ci\u003eNova Swing\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Shropshire.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764066353426,"sku":"9780575096363","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60897f4d-830c-472c-abd0-0b717b07cccc.jpg?v=1764751983","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sunken-land-begins-to-rise-again-9780575096363","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}