{"product_id":"helm-2","title":"Helm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sarah Hall''s writing has conquered the body and the soul and now it conquers the wind itself.'' \u003c\/b\u003eDAISY JOHNSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ye Gods, Ms Hall is talented.'' \u003c\/b\u003eDAVID MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Incandescently good ... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sexy and funny and erudite and strange.'' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH PERRY, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''You can always rely on Hall to blow you away.'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e I PAPER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wondrous, elemental novel from ‘a writer of show-stopping genius’ \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelm is a ferocious, mischievous wind – a subject of folklore and wonder – who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Helm’s life story, formed from the chronicles of those the wind enchanted: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate it, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish it, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture it – and the farmer’s daughter who fell in love. But now Dr Selima Sutar, surrounded by measuring instruments, alone in her observation hut, fears the end is nigh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVital and audacious, \u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e is the elemental tale of a unique life force – and of a relationship: between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I can think of no other British writer whose talent so consistently thrills, surprises and staggers.'' \u003c\/b\u003eBENJAMIN MYERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I’m awed … I wouldn’t think a novel could be at once so taut and so multifarious, expanding one’s sense of what fiction can do.''\u003c\/b\u003e SARAH MOSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eHelm\u003c\/i\u003e is just a brilliant achievement … I can think of no better writer to give voice to a natural phenomenon, because she is one herself.''\u003c\/b\u003e KIRSTIN INNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A spectacular epic tapestry. Nobody could tell the story of our inextricable relationship with wild nature as beautifully as Sarah Hall.'' \u003c\/b\u003eLEE SCHOFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I forced myself to read slowly so it wouldn’t end, and still consumed Helm as if starving. This is a novel to wallow in, it’s rich and snug and feels wonderful.''\u003c\/b\u003e COURTTIA NEWLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A big, celebratory book, in places delightfully playful, in others as tight and breathless as a thriller.''\u003c\/b\u003e ANDREW MILLER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57399228268926,"sku":"NW9780571383559","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571383559.jpg?v=1778622844","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/helm-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}