{"product_id":"light-of-day","title":"Light Of Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eMOTHERING SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eLAST ORDERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and reissued for the first time on the Scribner list, \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Day\u003c\/i\u003e is both a gripping crime story and a remarkable love story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a cold but dazzling November morning \u003cb\u003eGeorge Webb\u003c\/b\u003e, a former policeman turned private detective, prepares to visit \u003cb\u003eSarah\u003c\/b\u003e, a prisoner and the woman he loves. As he goes about the business of the day he relives the catastrophic events of two years ago that have both bound them together and kept them apart.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Making atmospheric use of its suburban setting and shot through with a plain man’s unwitting poetry and rueful humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and moving tale of murder, redemption and of the discovery, for better or worse, of the hidden forces inside us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A real in-depth study of humanity’ \u003cb\u003eAlex Jones,\u003ci\u003e BBC \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween the Covers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘I loved this so much. The form is so interesting. The voice is just so clear and there’s this dryness to him too’ \u003cb\u003eOmari Douglas, \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBetween the Covers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 'Bathed in light; and even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly… Swift’s small fiction feels like a masterpiece’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Alive with sensuousness and sensuality … wonderfully accomplished, it is an achievement’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘From start to finish Swift’s is a novel of stylish brilliance and quiet narrative verve. The archly modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green and Kazuo Ishiguro) is a glory to read. Now 66, Swift is a writer at the very top of his game’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eMothering Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful, philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives – the parallel stories – we can never know … It may just be Swift’s best novel yet’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305979257214,"sku":"NW9781471161964","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471161964.jpg?v=1778246906","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/light-of-day","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}