{"product_id":"24-hours-with-gaspar","title":"24 Hours with Gaspar","description":"\u003cb\u003eA breathtakingly imaginative futuristic crime thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Decades into the future, Indonesia’s crowded capital city is underwater. A mysterious novelist searches what remains of the metropolis for the story of an old, infamous crime. He combs the streets for traces of Gaspar: private-eye-cum-criminal-mastermind who plotted a seemingly simple robbery of a jewelry store. Far from just unlocking riches, however, the heist unearths a series of interlinking conflicts that have haunted Gaspar since childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this brilliant twist of genres, this book combines noir with a laugh-out-loud detective and touches of surreal science fiction. The book’s eclectic blend of allusions and narrative strategies opens new horizons for literary crime fiction while also painting a fresh, postmodern portrait of Jakarta. In a city webbed by roadways and canals, personal vendettas trace back to political crimes and social ills. First impressions can’t be trusted, meta-literary motorbikes possess free will, and a senile witness might be a police detective’s best bet at finding the true whodunnit—if we are to believe that a single truth exists at all. It is a chess game in which your knight no longer moves in the shape of an L, and Gaspar intends to win.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Seagull Books London Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49590792323416,"sku":"9781803092041","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781803092041.jpg?v=1764824442","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/24-hours-with-gaspar","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}