{"product_id":"book-of-elsewhere-book-keanu-reeves-9781529160260","title":"The Book of Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, unlike anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before, inspired by the world of the BRZRKR comic books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An exceptionally innovative collaboration from two remarkable minds.’ \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘What an extraordinary book! China Miéville’s brilliance as a writer combined with Keanu Reeves’s quite magnificently wild imagination make for a compulsive read. Unlike anything else. Boom!’ Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A gripping, hugely intelligent and beautifully-realised nightmare. 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