{"product_id":"9781785079757","title":"Lingua Franca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'William Thacker is a name you will hear a lot more often.' -- Matt Haig, author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable.' -- Caroline Smailes, author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is bloody brilliant.' -- Heydon Prowse, writer of the Bafta-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution Will Be Televised\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's a problem with Barrow, but it can be fixed. You just need to change the name to Birdseye. Birdseye-in-Furness...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Platting is pulled from the ruins of a shipwreck into a world in which no one will speak to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe founder of Lingua Franca - a naming rights agency committed to renaming every UK town after a corporate sponsor - Miles recounts the story of his quest for linguistic supremacy to anyone who'll listen. Confined to his hospital bed in a deathly quiet ward, Miles seeks to find his colleagues and reunite with his true love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in doing so, Miles must confront his deepest held convictions and consider, what's in a name? in a world where the spoken word has been replaced with silence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legend Times Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166496145648,"sku":"9781785079757","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785079757_p0.jpg?v=1769893025","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785079757","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}