{"product_id":"9780007428618","title":"The Machine","description":"Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK’s brightest new literary talents.Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory.Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side-effects too harmful. But within Beth’s flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back and that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece.A Frankenstein tale for the 21st century, The Machine is a story of the indelibility of memory, the human cost of science and the horrors of love.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118787870960,"sku":"9780007428618","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780007428618_p0.jpg?v=1763616520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780007428618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}