{"product_id":"9781473204973","title":"Maestro and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eSix stories from Phillip Mann, taken from his long and varied career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Includes stories from the Out of Time Cafe, a very unusual refuge from reality.  It attracts people afflicted with a deep malaise. It offers what  seems from the outside to be sanctuary, but it can be subversive too,  for on entering the cafe, one gives up a certain amount of  independence, and before one knows it one is trapped. There is no  escape... save one: the lift which services the cellars descends... but no  one who has used the lift has ever returned. On a brighter note, the cafe has a will of  its own, and travels different dimensions with ease and every journey is  a new beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also featured are \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Mickey Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e, originally produced as a hugely successful radio play; \u003ci\u003eMaestro\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003eLux in Tenebris\u003c\/i\u003e, a cautionary tale about a medieval stonemason's encounter with an anachronism and the effect it has on his culture; and \u003ci\u003eAn Old Fashioned Story\u003c\/i\u003e, wherein Jody is having problems with his Sythno companion Elizabeth, who head  butted him without warning. He is attempting to repair her. Then  Elizabeth and her Sythno Joseph from next door drop in...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170801893616,"sku":"9781473204973","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473204973_p0.jpg?v=1763599550","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473204973","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}