{"product_id":"9781471188831","title":"Come in and Shut the Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Best Crime and Thrillers of 2025' selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of Britain's most visionary writers',\u003cb\u003e David Peace \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'That uniquely valuable writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit', \u003cb\u003ePeter Bradshaw, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tale for our feverish times ... It's fascinating to wander round Petit's baroque imagination' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A vertiginous, compulsively readable séance of a book.' \u003cb\u003eJames Riley,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e 3:AM Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOne of the most fascinating and forensic voices within British counter-culture.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A nightmarish view of the human capacity for destruction on both the personal and political level, rendered with horrible conviction', \u003cb\u003eJake Kerridge, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chris Petit weaves a complex web of contradiction and hidden truths, adhering to the principle that the most 'normal'-seeming lives can conceal sinister reality ... Provocative and multifaceted, here Petit challenges complacency, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuzz Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This provocative patchwork of a novel will stay with you as it excoriates complacency', \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrime Time \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chris Petit is a master of the dark thriller arts. \u003ci\u003eCome In and Shut the Door \u003c\/i\u003epushes open a clandestine entrance into another dimension, a Visconti-like world beyond the edge of night.' \u003cb\u003eNicholas Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FINAL DAYS OF ADOLF HITLER ARE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THAT BERLIN BUNKER? AND WHAT HAPPENEND NEXT?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Parker loses his faith and quits studying for the priesthood, he finds himself back in London, looking for employment. He accepts an offer to work as amanuensis to the sinister Robinson, who earns a living as a collector of dubious historical objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParker's duties involve meeting those who have an interest in purchasing the kinds of artefacts in which Robinson specialises. As he becomes immersed in a world of secret histories, Parker discovers things that will lead him into the darkest corners of 20th-century history and that great fault line of civilisation, institutional corruption, of which he is a victim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a cast of corrupt police officers, property speculators, Russian Mafiosi, abusive Roman Catholic priests, Second World War bomber pilots, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler, \u003ci\u003eCome in and Shut the Door\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, brave and scatological masterpiece by one of our best and most original writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56988820898165,"sku":"9781471188831","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781471188831.jpg?v=1774282098","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781471188831","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}