{"product_id":"the-delusions-the-new-novel-from-the-award-winning-author-of-luckenbooth-and-ootlin-by-jenni-fagan","title":"The Delusions: The new novel from the award-winning author of Luckenbooth and Ootlin by Jenni Fagan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new novel from the prize-winning author of The Panopticon, Luckenbooth and Ootlin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BOLD NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PANOPTICON, LUCKENBOOTH AND OOTLIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'1984 for the afterlife' Irvine Welsh\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding' Lemn Sissay\u003cbr\u003e'Awe-inspiring' Kirstin Innes\u003cbr\u003e'Bold and brilliant' Jess Kidd\u003cbr\u003e'Wholly wondrous' Niall Griffiths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdi is facing a disciplinary since her 'incident' at work. Forty-seven years in Admin processing the newly dead is not how she foresaw eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Arrivals, the newly dead must take the stages in order- first, extract delusion; second, answer HR's questionnaire truthfully. Yet who among them can truly face who they are? Who may never pass at all? As leaderboard numbers begin to rise at unprecedented rates, rumours begin to fly. Humans are about to become a banned race. The earth is going to be repossessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs chaos descends, Edi hopes this might finally be the moment she has waited for, so she might see her son again who she was forced to leave on Earth when she died. Edi wants to be the one waiting for him, even if HR protocols forbid it. Looking out at the millions of newly dead arriving, Edi has one question - what might any of us truly be willing to do for those we love at the doors of eternity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst a spectacular backdrop of stars, constellations and comets, a mass extinction event begins to unfurl watched by the entire universe as Processing, the largest soul terminus in existence, decides it is now time to take matters wholly back into its own hands. With reflections on love, defiance and light, The Delusions is a story of profound human connection, on an unprecedented scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Jenni Fagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fagan's writing is poetic, high-octane, arresting' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e'She writes unlike any other author of her generation' The Scotsman\u003cbr\u003e'One of our most exceptional writers' Adelle Stripe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literary Cat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53581486162184,"sku":"9781529153095","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/7688\/0392\/files\/9781529153095.jpg?v=1773395152","url":"https:\/\/literarycatbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-delusions-the-new-novel-from-the-award-winning-author-of-luckenbooth-and-ootlin-by-jenni-fagan","provider":"Literary Cat Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}