{"product_id":"short-circuit-a-novel","title":"Short Circuit: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Highly entertaining. But it's not just one book; it's at least three in one, all of which are highly enjoyable. He plays cleverly with form and structure--not just as a gimmick but as a fundamental part of the story. Wolf Haas has mastered the rules of writing so completely that he can just as easily ignore them.\"--Der Spiegel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA clever, electrifying puzzle of a novel, inspired by MC Escher's optical illusions, in which two mirrored plots --a man waiting for an electrician and a mafia informant entering witness protection-- delightfully converge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranz Escher is waiting for the electrician. His power outlet has a loose connection. To pass the time, he buries himself in a book about a Mafia key witness named Elio Russo. Elio is in jail, awaiting release. He has betrayed so many people that he fears for his life. Unable to sleep, he lies awake at night reading a book about a man named Franz Escher who's waiting for the electrician. His power outlet has a loose connection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Short Circuit, a dazzling display of literary pyrotechnics styled after one of M. C. Escher's impossible drawings, two different stories gradually intertwine to solve each other. It is a brilliant, inventive detective novel that becomes an electrifying show of sparks culminating in one final short circuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Genre Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperVia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780063469167\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haas, Wolf","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £9.34","offer_id":48127652430001,"sku":"SB-0063469162-C3","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0063469162.jpg?v=1793581188","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/short-circuit-a-novel","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}