{"product_id":"early-riser-book-jasper-fforde-9780143111276","title":"Early Riser","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * A \"hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"blindingly inventive,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"wonderfully weird dystopian thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e and the Thursday Next series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A cause for celebration . . . Fforde writes witty, chewy sentences, full of morsels, and delivers them deadpan. . . . [His] relentless imagination and his affection for his characters are contagious and irresistible.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Every Winter, the human population hibernates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Well, not \u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter consuls, the group responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams, which you dismiss as nothing more than an artefact born of the sleeping mind.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When you get the dreams too, it's weird.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping, and stamp collecting; ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers; and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical Wintervolk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49930888708369,"sku":"CIN0143111272G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49985337262353,"sku":"CIN0143111272VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345635414289,"sku":"CIN0143111272A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51109418008849,"sku":"NIN9780143111276","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52109322191121,"sku":"GOR011155628","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143111272.jpg?v=1751420093","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/early-riser-book-jasper-fforde-9780143111276","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}