{"product_id":"normal-rules-dont-apply","title":"Normal Rules Dont Apply","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the fantastical \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling short story collection from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife After Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Simply \u003cb\u003eone of the best writers\u003c\/b\u003e working today, anywhere in the world'' Gillian Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘As soon as\u003cb\u003e you get to the end, you’ll be tempted to just start at the beginning’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eFunny and poignant in equal measure\u003c\/b\u003e, you’ll want to read this captivating collection in one mystical sitting.’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to a world, where nothing is quite what it seems… \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, you’ll meet, among others, a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep, a secretary who watches over the life she has just left, and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination in a constantly changing multiverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtkinson’s first short story collection in twenty years, \u003ci\u003eNormal Rules Don''t Apply\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eHilarious, breathtaking, horrific, irresistible\u003c\/b\u003e ... [Atkinson is] always in command ... Heart in mouth, \u003cb\u003eI never wanted this book to end\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eSublime \u003c\/b\u003e… showcases her \u003cb\u003esuperb storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e and the wit of her writing’ \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Life in all of its surreal, tragic and comic glory is\u003cb\u003e perfectly captured \u003c\/b\u003ewithin these pages’ \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dazzling’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader''s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Kate Atkinson:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Inexhaustibly \u003cb\u003eingenious\u003c\/b\u003e'' HILARY MANTEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003eand profoundly original writer'' RACHEL CUSK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Atkinson is a novelist of \u003cb\u003eunrivalled immediacy\u003c\/b\u003e, authority, and skill'' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the country''s \u003cb\u003emost innovative, exciting and intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e authors.'' SCOTSMAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57399308452222,"sku":"NW9781804990803","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804990803.jpg?v=1778602667","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/normal-rules-dont-apply","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}