{"product_id":"9781620401675","title":"Communion Town: A City in Ten Chapters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012, Thompson \"is a new writer working out what he can do, and realizing that he can do anything” (\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of us conjures our own city, one of many incarnations; a place throbbing with so many layers, meanings, and hidden corners cannot be the same for any two citizens. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunion Town\u003c\/i\u003e calls to mind David Mitchell's \u003ci\u003eGhostwritten\u003c\/i\u003e, Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, and China Miéville's \u003ci\u003eThe City \u0026amp; The City\u003c\/i\u003e, but is uniquely its own. This incandescent novel maps an imaginary city and explores the lives of its outcasts and scapegoats. Each chapter is told from the perspective of a different citizen-defining the city itself as a character, both protagonist and antagonist-and each is told in a different genre, from a hardboiled detective story to steampunk to gothic horror, displaying the great range of Sam Thompson's literary ability. As the novel unfolds in different neighborhoods, we encounter a lovelorn folksinger, a repressed detective, a slaughterhouse worker, a lost tourist, a bon vivant, and a ghost. From their lonely voices we gather the many-faceted story of the city: a place imagined differently by each citizen as he or she searches for connection, transformation, or escape.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134503993584,"sku":"9781620401675","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620401675_p0.jpg?v=1763858631","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620401675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}