{"product_id":"seven-down-9781459748576","title":"Seven Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this quirky, character-driven debut novel seven hotel employees puzzle out the events of a botched assassination attempt -- the next read for fans of Fredrik Backman (\u003ci\u003eAnxious People\u003c\/i\u003e) and Matt Haig (\u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seven ordinary hotel employees. Catering, Reservations, Management. Seven moles, waiting for years for a single code word, a trigger that will send them into action in a violent event that will end their dull lives as they know them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The event has failed: the action was a disaster. Each employee is being debriefed by an agent of an invisible organization. These are the transcripts of these interviews. What they reveal is not just the intricate mechanism of an international assassination, but the yearnings inside each of its pawns, the desperation and secret rage that might cause any one of us to sign up, sell out, and take a plunge into darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Both sinister and absurd, \u003ci\u003eSeven Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a puzzle to be solved, a comedy, and a panorama of life. At once sociological, satirical, and scary, it paints portraits of the mundane human failings behind geopolitical machinations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Machines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459748576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Whitton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41309898997941,"sku":"9781459748576","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5384b02c-2ee7-4eaf-89a2-75d2c4aa31fd.jpg?v=1635832821","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seven-down-9781459748576","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}