{"product_id":"they","title":"They: The Lost Dystopian 'Masterpiece' (Emily St. John Mandel)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Front Row: the radical dystopian classic, lost for forty years: in a nightmarish Britain, THEY are coming closer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A creepily prescient tale ... Insidiously horrifying!' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece of creeping dread.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEmily St. John Mandel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Britain: but not as we know it.\u003cbr\u003eTHEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon the National Gallery is purged; eerie towers survey the coast; mobs stalk the countryside destroying artworks - and those who resist.\u003cbr\u003eTHEY capture dissidents - writers, painters, musicians, even the unmarried and childless - in military sweeps, 'curing' these subversives of individual identity.\u003cbr\u003eSurvivors gather together as cultural refugees, preserving their crafts, creating, loving and remembering. But THEY make it easier to forget ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost for half a century, newly introduced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kay Dick's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1977) is a rediscovered dystopian masterpiece of art under attack: a cry from the soul against censorship, a radical celebration of non-conformity - and a warning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Delicious and sexy and downright chilling ... Read it!' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRumaan Alam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Crystalline ... The signature of an enchantress.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEdna O'Brien\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm pretty wild about this paranoid, terrifying 1977 masterpiece.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deft, dread filled, hypnotic and hopeful. Completely got under my skin.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKiran Millwood Hargrave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lush, hypnotic, compulsive ... A reminder of where groupthink leads.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEimear McBride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterwork of English pastoral horror: eerie and bewitching.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eClaire-Louise Bennett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A short shocker: creepy, disturbing, distressing and highly enjoyable.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAndrew Hunter Murray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Prophetic, chilling and a reminder from the past that we have everything to fight for in the future.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSalena Godden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kay Dick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45081565626545,"sku":"9780571370863","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1833\/4129\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-01-15T112516.485.png?v=1737272006","url":"https:\/\/cd15fe-a1.myshopify.com\/ar\/products\/they","provider":"Aafaq Bookstore UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}