{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-time","title":"The Ministry of Time","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Fast moving and riotously entertaining, a genre-busting blend of wit and wonder'\u003cbr\u003e10 best new novelists for 2024,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA 2024 literary highlight in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBBC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGrazia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDazed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ei-D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBookseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Friction\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outrageously brilliant'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eELEANOR CATTON, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBirnam Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Make room on your bookshelves for a new classic'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMAX PORTER, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thought-provoking and horribly clever - but it also made me laugh out loud'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eALICE WINN, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, moving, original, intelligent, beautifully written and with a thunderous plot'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNATHAN FILER, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Shock of the Fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As electric, charming, whimsical and strange as its ripped-from-history cast'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEMILY HENRY, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHappy Place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clever, witty and thought-provoking'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKATE MOSSE, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ghost Ship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A feast of a novel - singular, alarming and (above all) incredibly sexy'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJULIA ARMFIELD, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOur Wives Under the Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A weird, kind, clever, heartsick little time bomb of a book'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFRANCIS SPUFFORD, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You'll want to fall in love with these characters over and over again'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDIANA REID, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BOY MEETS A GIRL. 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With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy history when history is living in your house?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597459931430,"sku":"9781399726344","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/bb871362-7ff8-4627-b09d-1bebb5ba08ca.jpg?v=1706729647","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-ministry-of-time","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}