{"product_id":"9781526643292","title":"I Hear a New World","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Extraordinary' \u003cb\u003eSusanna Clarke, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePiranesi \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Jonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA continuation of \u003ci\u003eThe Great When\u003c\/i\u003e; a dark and beguiling tour through the streets of London - fictional and real - by a legend of modern fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's 1958\u003c\/b\u003e. A time of Rock and Roll, of protest, riot and change… and London is full of danger.  Dennis Knuckleyard is finally growing up, and above all he wants to leave the Great When in the past. For nine years, he's avoided so much as \u003ci\u003ethinking\u003c\/i\u003e about the magical shadow version of London, managing even to palm off what should've been his last souvenir of that experience - an iron key he secretly brought back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  But while Dennis may believe he's done with the Great When, it's not done with him. The unsuspecting rube now in possession of the key has discovered its magical properties, bringing forth mythic, occult beings into Dennis's London and sparking riots in the capital. Worse still, Dennis hears his first love Grace has returned to the Great When to investigate strange happenings in both cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Desperate to keep Grace safe and return London to normal, Dennis follows her back into the hidden city. But once it has him back, The Great When will not let him go away again so easily. He and Grace must fight to set things right or forever lose everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eElectrifying, absurd, magical and more true than you might believe, \u003ci\u003eI Hear A New World\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader back to Long London for a thrilling and fantastical second instalment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Great When:\u003c\/i\u003e the first book in a new series by \u003ci\u003eSunday Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and icon, Alan Moore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A breathless time-travelling classic. Savage, humane, comic, terrifying' \u003cb\u003eIain Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant and so powerfully imaginative' \u003cb\u003eAdam Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A weird book and a complete joy' \u003cb\u003eMariana Enrìquez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Extraordinary . . . very funny . . . It does what fantasy does best which is show us something beyond our experience' \u003cb\u003eSusanna Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Archer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193575416181,"sku":"9781526643292","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781526643292.jpg?v=1778921507","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781526643292","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}