{"product_id":"the-runner-the-mind-expanding-new-thriller-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-sleepwalkers-1","title":"The Runner: The Mind-Expanding New Thriller From The Bestselling Author Of The Sleepwalkers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe mind-expanding new thriller from the bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sleepwalkers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe End of Mr. Y, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eas featured on BBC Woman's Hour \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This thriller is pure pleasure … \u003ci\u003eThe Runner is \u003c\/i\u003efantastically pacy stuff, with more twists and reversals than an extremely gnarly cross-country course … Thomas is one of those novelists who would be spoken of in awed tones of admiration if only she weren’t so funny … Sun-soaked and fleet-footed … Thomas has a fabulous control of her tone and handles the jumps between thriller, action and farce with audacious skill' \u003cb\u003eSarah Ditum, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘\u003c\/i\u003e[A] quirky exciting tale that takes in exorcism, dictators, high finance, con artists and marathons along the way’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian, '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Recent Crime and Thrillers'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe’s running for his life. And he’s running out of time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a sun-soaked Greek island, Jay is on the run. He’s been hunted since he was twenty years old: a contract on his life traded like a commodity, rising and falling with the price of Bitcoin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStranded with no passport, loyalty points as his only currency and an assassin in hot pursuit, Jay’s only hope is to escape on a catamaran with a crew on their way to perform an exorcism on a dictator’s private island. When it becomes clear that his shipmates are even more dubious than they first seemed, Jay has to run again – this time into the arms of the beautiful Ellie, who is either his doom or his salvation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaught in a web of high-finance, con-artists, the Book of Jonah and ultramarathons, Jay will have to choose between love and survival, \u003ci\u003eand run for his life\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkly funny, sexy, exciting, philosophical and enthralling, \u003ci\u003eThe Runner \u003c\/i\u003eis an unmissable literary treat from Britain’s most exciting novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Scarlett Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Muriel Spark’s disreputable niece’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘She's a genius’ \u003cb\u003eDouglas Coupland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fiction roaring on all cylinders’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gloriously dark and tangled’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A dark, twisty, savagely … a smart, layered, stinging look at power and its abuse’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A work of peculiar, gonzo genius' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Like a darker, funnier The White Lotus’ \u003cb\u003eJames Smythe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Brilliant, savage and hilarious' \u003cb\u003eBidisha Mamata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A twisty Gothic tale of vertiginous depths and haunting power' \u003cb\u003eSandra Newman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Ingenious and original’\u003cb\u003e Philip Pullman\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67839743754431,"sku":"9781398537071","price":24.74,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/the-runner-the-mind-expanding-new-thriller-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-sleepwalkers-1","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}