{"product_id":"9781529115949","title":"Appliance : Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022 **\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Costa Award winner, a highly inventive and and humane novel about our relationship with technology and our addiction to innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the tale of a new technology, an alternative history that unfolds over many decades. It is a fable told through a constantly shifting cast of characters, all drawn into the world of a machine that slowly alters every life it touches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut in this unending quest for progress, what will happen to the things that make us human: the memories, the fears, the love, the mortality? As we push towards a brave new world, what do we stand to lose?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Such a super novel' Wendy Erskine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A clever book...that will have you thinking about the machines in your own life' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553552896248,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":23.87,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781529115949-1.jpg?v=1789889892","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781529115949","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}