{"product_id":"dreamland-24","title":"Dreamland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dream Lands, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarring Anna Friel, Connor Swindells, Clara Ruggard, Katerine Parkinson and Golda Rosheuvel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChildren of Men\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eYears and Years \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a postcard from a future Britain that’s closer than we think.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Evening Standard 'Best New Book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A beautiful book: thought-provoking, eerily prescient and very witty.’ \u003cb\u003eBrit Bennett, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vanishing Half\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Water courses through its pages, as rising sea levels heighten inequalities, buoy populist politicians and wash away every certainty of civilisation. But there’s also the novel’s prose – its liquid grace and glinting sparkle – and the sheer irresistibility of a narrative that sweeps along with a force that feels tidal in its pull.' \u003cb\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003e'You said that you would come back. You looked me in the eye and said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft wood, black cracks, fridges in the road. The broken spines of old rides at Dreamland.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the coastal resort of Margate, hotels lie empty and sun-faded ‘For Sale’ signs line the streets. The sea is higher – it’s higher everywhere – and those who can are moving inland. A young girl called Chance, however, is just arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chance’s family is one of many offered a cash grant to move out of London - and so she, her mother Jas and brother JD relocate to the seaside, just as the country edges towards vertiginous change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their new home, they find space and wide skies, a world away from the cramped bedsits they’ve lived in up until now. But challenges swiftly mount. JD’s business partner, Kole, has a violent, charismatic energy that whirlpools around him and threatens to draw in the whole family. And when Chance comes across Franky, a girl her age she has never seen before – well-spoken and wearing sunscreen – something catches in the air between them. Their fates are bound: a connection that is immediate, unshakeable, and, in a time when social divides have never cut sharper, dangerous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a future unsettlingly close to home, against a backdrop of soaring inequality and creeping political extremism, Rankin-Gee demonstrates, with cinematic pace and deep humanity, the enduring power of love and hope in a world spinning out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220843614552,"sku":"9781471193842","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781471193842.jpg?v=1778643946","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dreamland-24","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}