{"product_id":"nothing-important-happened-today-9781912374830","title":"Nothing Important Happened Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen strangers take part in a series of group suicides, everything suggests that a cult is to blame. How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ***Telegraph Book of the Year*** \u003cbr\u003e ***Longlisted for Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award*** \u003cbr\u003e ***Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Heavy gusts of bedsit nihilism usher in this strange mystery ... weirdly page-turning' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Arguably the most original crime novel published this year' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e _________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine suicides \u003cbr\u003e One Cult \u003cbr\u003e No leader\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They've never met. But at the same time, they run, and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note, and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of the People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirty-two people on that train witness the event. Two of them will be next. By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe; it becomes a movement. A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How do you stop a cult when nobody knows they are a member? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e _________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he'll have his own cult following' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'At once fantastical and appallingly plausible ... this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness...' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Unlike anything else you'll read this year' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Utterly mesmerising...' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912374830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Will Carver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670446043292,"sku":"9781912374830","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_20fdcb8c-31a8-4db4-880a-ab0d5df0625d.jpg?v=1603922687","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nothing-important-happened-today-9781912374830","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}