{"product_id":"early-riser-the-brilliantly-funny-novel-from-the-number-one-bestselling-author-of-shades-of-grey","title":"Early Riser: The brilliantly funny novel from the Number One bestselling author of Shades of Grey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003epours his brilliant imagination into every corner of this world' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ekeeps the puns and neologisms coming thick and fast while exploring every facet of his novel's intriguing premise' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWell, not \u003ci\u003equite.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Your name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the \u003cb\u003eWinter Consuls\u003c\/b\u003e, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of \u003cb\u003ethe sleeping masses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You are investigating \u003cb\u003ean outbreak of viral dreams\u003c\/b\u003e which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When the dreams start to kill people, \u003cb\u003eit's unsettling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When you get the dreams too, \u003cb\u003eit's weird.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When they start to come true, \u003cb\u003eyou begin to doubt your sanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to \u003cb\u003eavoid the Villains and their penchant for murder,\u003c\/b\u003e kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep \u003cb\u003ethe increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Jasper Fforde:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'True literary comic genius' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Ingenious' Terry Pratchett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jasper-fforde-books\"\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781444763607\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47915872321713,"sku":"SB-1444763601-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1444763601_881e78ec-714a-4dc7-9d0d-7518ebca32cc.jpg?v=1790305658","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/early-riser-the-brilliantly-funny-novel-from-the-number-one-bestselling-author-of-shades-of-grey","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}