{"product_id":"9780007454778","title":"Communion Town","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Thompson, Sam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 January 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 18 | 254g\u003cp\u003eThe Man Booker longlisted Communion Town reveals the shadows and sinister inhabitants of a city that never appears the same way twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On crowded streets, in the town squares and half-empty tower blocks, the lonely and lost try to make a connection. A weary gumshoe pounds the reeking sidewalks, seeking someone he knows he will never find. Violence loiters in blind alleys, eager to embrace the unsuspecting and the reckless. Lovers are doomed to follow treacherous paths that were laid long before they first met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This city is no ordinary place. Here, the underworld has surfaced; dreams melt into reality and memories are imagined before they are lived. Ghosts and monsters, refugees and travellers – the voices of Communion Town clamour to tell the stories of the city, stories that must be heard to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thompson, Sam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666421321912,"sku":"9780007454778","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780007454778.jpg?v=1734744378","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780007454778","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}