{"product_id":"9780241995266","title":"Delphi","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Vivid as fireworks ... Both terrifying and exhilarating' Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny and sharp ... A hungry book, looking everywhere and seeing everything' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNavigating the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly unreachable, she becomes fixated on our many forms of divination and prediction: on oracles, tarot cards and tea leaves and the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut in doing so she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her own home. For despite our best intentions - our sacrifices and our bargains with the gods - time, certainty and, sometimes, those we love, can still slip away ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeartbreakingly relatable and achingly funny Delphi is both a snapshot and a time capsule, deftly capturing our pasts, our presents, and how we keep on going in a world that is ever more uncertain and absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Impressive ... What good fiction is meant to do' The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bold, brave and uncompromising, Pollard has found a way to write about the last couple of years which is both truthful and enjoyable to read, which I didn't think was possible' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Everyone is Still Alive\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50064333078776,"sku":"EB_LI0700_E05-07_SYDNEY","price":29.98,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780241995266-1.jpg?v=1785357826","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9780241995266","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}