{"product_id":"9780007156061","title":"Specimen Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Hours’, time, technology and love are the central concerns of a provocative novel that calls to mind David Mitchell’s ‘Cloud Atlas’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucas, Catherine, Simon: three characters meet time and again in the three linked narratives that form ‘Specimen Days’. The first, a science fiction of the past, tells of a boy whose brother was ‘devoured’ by the machine he operated. The second is a noirish thriller set in our century, as a police psychologist attempts to track down a group of terrorists. And the third and final strand accompanies two strange beings into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of connecting and reconnecting, inspired by the writings of the great visionary poet Walt Whitman, ‘Specimen Days’ is a genre-bending, haunting ode to life itself – a work of surpassing power and beauty by one of the most original and daring writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Cunningham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895257190549,"sku":"9780007156061","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007156061_2be5bfde-59d4-464e-96b3-8107b1039f9d.jpg?v=1776888498","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007156061","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}