{"product_id":"astronaut","title":"Astronaut!","description":"\u003cp\u003e''Brilliant, compulsive and thrilling. I will be reading this book again!'' - \u003cb\u003eAlice Winn\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eIN MEMORIAM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the best novels I''ve read this year.'' - \u003cb\u003eJoanna Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You will love this book!'' - \u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e, translator of \u003ci\u003eFlights\u003c\/i\u003e by Olga Tokarczuk and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e~  ~  ~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomania, 1989: \u003c\/b\u003ea grey place of mysterious queues, ubiquitous informers and daily news flashes about a\u003cb\u003e man-eating bear \u003c\/b\u003ethat is terrorising the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmidst the daily drudge of work, rationing and careful conversation with neighbours, two lives unexpectedly collide when an idealistic police detective, \u003cb\u003eConstantin\u003c\/b\u003e, is tasked with solving a string of grisly murders, and a rebellious school child, \u003cb\u003eLia\u003c\/b\u003e, is unwittingly drawn into her elderly neighbour''s seditious plot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving, \u003cb\u003eASTRONAUT!\u003c\/b\u003e is both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale, one with a perennially relevant message: \u003cb\u003ethe lies we accept today become the truths of tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore praise for ASTRONAUT!:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Had me on the edge of my seat'' - \u003cb\u003eKenan Orhan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Renovation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''If Solzhenitsyn and Hans Christian Andersen had had literary offspring, it might be Oana Aristide.'' - \u003cb\u003eSaïd Sayrafiezadeh\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Estrangement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Completely absorbing.'' - \u003cb\u003eGeorgina Godwin\u003c\/b\u003e, broadcaster and literary journalist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483454153077,"sku":"9781035420827","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035420827.jpg?v=1786178620","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/astronaut","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}