{"product_id":"this-census-taker","title":"This Census-Taker","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\" data-mce-style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eWithdrawn\u003cem style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e library book, otherwise excellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeft alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA novella filled with beauty, terror and strangeness, This Census-Taker by China Mieville is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"China Mieville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027196317865,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/china_ecc938a6-6349-43dd-b36d-a24ccf16bf5f.jpg?v=1646365669","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/this-census-taker","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}