{"product_id":"9781611458114","title":"All Quiet on the Orient Express","description":"\u003cbr\u003eMagnus Mills’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Restraint of Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed by Thomas Pynchon as a “comic wonder.” His second novel, \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Orient Express\u003c\/i\u003e, is an equally edgy blend of high-grade comedy and low-grade paranoia. With insidiously beguiling deadpan charm, Mills draws us again into the world of contract employment, this time in England’s Lake District. The novel’s narrator, an itinerant odd-jobber, is camping out, waiting for summer to end so that he can set off for some vague notion of the East . . . Turkey, Persia, overland to India. In the meantime, he agrees to do a small painting job for the owner of his campsite. One job leads to another. Before long, our hero is hopelessly and hilariously enmeshed in the off-season mysteries of the placid northern English community, grappling with dark forces beyond his power—some of which hang out at the local pub. To think it all began with a simple paint job . . .","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018478272752,"sku":"9781611458114","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611458114_p0.jpg?v=1763839841","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611458114","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}