{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-1","title":"The Eleventh Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIf old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home – India, England and America – and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56048155492737,"sku":"9781529968842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0244\/8444\/6286\/files\/TheEleventhHour_9781529968842.png?v=1786100671","url":"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-1","provider":"British Library Online Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}