{"product_id":"rouse-book-china-miville-9781509847396","title":"The Rouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2026 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Miéville’s command of his prose is phenomenal . . . This is a world that you can truly swim in, and few authors can achieve that' – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Affecting, intelligent and, in more than one place, very, very frightening. This is a novel destined for a rich afterlife' – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An extraordinary tour de force' – Adrian Tchaikovsky\u003cbr\u003e'I felt it in my bones, the undeniable power of a jagged masterpiece' – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A landmark work . . . the genius that is China Miéville' – \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaur’s life has been shaped by an unbearable loss. But in the aftermath of what is an apparently ordinary tragedy, deeper, stranger questions arise . . . Their answers may lie within the dark heart and darker history of an old soldier who shares Maur’s obsessions – and is violently pursued by the same unknown, unquiet forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Rouse\u003c\/i\u003e, a masterpiece unlike any other: at once a sprawling saga of the bloody twentieth century, and the intimate story of two lives, their loves, regrets and secrets – and a terrifying journey into infinite mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for China Miéville, \u003ci\u003eThe Rouse:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Completely without parallel' Michael Moorcock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magisterial wonder' Paul Tremblay\u003cbr\u003e'Every page feels alive' Xiaolu Guo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51627731812625,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51627732107537,"sku":"NGR9781509847396","price":44.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":54583325294865,"sku":"NLS9781509847396","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1509847391.jpg?v=1786874168","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/rouse-book-china-miville-9781509847396","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}