{"product_id":"melmoth","title":"Melmoth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely readable and profoundly important ... Perry's masterly piece of postmodern gothic is one of the great achievements of our century'\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOBSERVER FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful, devastating, brilliant'\u003cbr\u003e Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Astonishingly dark ... exquisitely balanced'\u003cbr\u003e Francis Spufford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Packs a punch of atmosphere, creepiness, fear and melancholy'\u003cbr\u003e Susan Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Mythic, ominous and sensitively human'\u003cbr\u003e Frances Hardinge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Richly atmospheric, daring and surprising'\u003cbr\u003e Melissa Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Striking and brave, ... moving and terribly beautiful'\u003cbr\u003e Sam Guglani\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh my friend, won't you take my hand - I've been so lonely! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne winter night in Prague, Helen Franklin meets her friend Karel on the street. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgitated and enthralled, he tells her he has come into possession of a mysterious old manuscript, filled with personal testimonies that take them from 17th-century England to wartime Czechoslovakia, the tropical streets of Manila, and 1920s Turkey. All of them tell of being followed by a tall, silent woman in black, bearing an unforgettable message. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen reads its contents with intrigue, but everything in her life is about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791178756275,"sku":"9781788160674","price":479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478119679781788160674.jpg?v=1762853151","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/melmoth","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}