{"product_id":"the-bridge-9780349139210","title":"The Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning book. Banks' powerful imagination is joined to a rare ability to be truly funny while exploring a nightmare world' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man lies in a coma after a near-fatal accident. His body broken, his memory vanished, he finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is this man? Where is he? Is he more dead than alive? Or has he never been so alive before? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Iain Banks: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers'\u003c\/b\u003e Ken MacLeod, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exceptional wordsmith' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abacus (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349139210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.91h x 5.03w x 1.00d","brand":"Iain Banks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181239660725,"sku":"9780349139210","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2b2e07f2-c94a-48c8-8fbf-63e7607edc99.jpg?v=1768922289","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bridge-9780349139210","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}