{"product_id":"9781625675224","title":"A Man Lies Dreaming","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eTidhar, Lavie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CULT NOVEL RETURNS!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The best book I read last year is \u003cb\u003eA Man Lies Dreaming\u003c\/b\u003e by Lavie Tidhar... It is so cleverly constructed and such a spectacular conclusion unfolds that you are going to take it all very seriously.” – Sting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ambitious as hell” –Ian Rankin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excellent novel” –Philip Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince its original 2014 publication, \u003ci\u003eA Man Lies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into multiple languages and gained a cult following for its dark humor, prescient politics and powerful exploration of the impossibility of fantasy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a decision Wolf will very shortly regret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eA Man Lies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern fable for our time that comes “crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand” (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner – The World Fantasy Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The John W. Campbell Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The British Fantasy Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The Neukom Literary Arts Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The Kitschies Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner – The BSFA Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.” –\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.” –\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius.” –Ian McDonald, author of \u003ci\u003eRiver of Gods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Already staked a claim as the genre’s most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer.” –\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Tidhar is a master at taking concepts that really shouldn’t work and crafting them into something uniquely brilliant.” –\u003ci\u003eGeekDad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“He is perhaps the UK’s most literary speculative fiction writer.” –\u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like early Kurt Vonnegut… both writers seem to channel the same prankster glee that covers deep despair.” –\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick” –\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR A MAN LIES DREAMING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015\u003cbr\u003ePREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016\u003cbr\u003eGEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019\u003cbr\u003eDUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Complex, elusive and intriguing” –\u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nasty, clever, waspish and witty… a brilliant and potent thought experiment” –\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bold and unnerving” –\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Damn good” –\u003ci\u003eJewish Book Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant.” –\u003ci\u003eKirkus (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vital, brilliant novel” –\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble SFF Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Outstanding and moving” –\u003ci\u003eMaxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping… clever and thrilling work” –\u003ci\u003eBuzz Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing…. 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