{"product_id":"delusions-5","title":"Delusions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOLD NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE PANOPTICON\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLUCKENBOOTH\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eOOTLIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wondrously clever, imaginative and slyly satirical ... a fierce talent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A scorching meditation on being human'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A glorious, garrulous gallimaufry of a novel'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fizzes with impatience, invention and humour' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fagan is a one-off'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e for the afterlife' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrvine Welsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdi is facing a disciplinary since her 'incident' at work. Forty-seven years in Admin processing the newly dead is not how she foresaw eternity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Arrivals, the newly dead must take the stages in order: first, extract delusion; second, answer HR's questionnaire truthfully. Yet who among them can truly face who they are? Who may never pass at all? As leaderboard numbers begin to rise at unprecedented rates, rumours begin to fly. Humans are about to become a banned race. The earth is going to be repossessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs chaos descends, Edi hopes this might finally be the moment she has waited for, so she might see her son again who she was forced to leave on Earth when she died. Edi wants to be the one waiting for him, even if HR protocols forbid it. Looking out at the millions of newly dead arriving, Edi has one question - what might any of us truly be willing to do for those we love at the doors of eternity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a spectacular backdrop of stars, constellations and comets, a mass extinction event begins to unfurl watched by the entire universe as Processing, the largest soul terminus in existence, decides it is now time to take matters wholly back into its own hands. With reflections on love, defiance and light, \u003ci\u003eThe Delusions\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of profound human connection, on an unprecedented scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Outstanding'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLemn Sissay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Awe-inspiring' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirstin Innes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bold and brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJess Kidd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wholly wondrous' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiall Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807218352472,"sku":"9781529153095","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529153095_64169146-75b7-452d-8739-cf00bab62b36.jpg?v=1778012123","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/delusions-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}