{"product_id":"seven-down-paperback","title":"Seven Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Whitton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this quirky, character-driven debut novel seven hotel employees puzzle out the events of a botched assassination attempt -- the next read for fans of Fredrik Backman (\u003ci\u003eAnxious People\u003c\/i\u003e) and Matt Haig (\u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best First Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seven ordinary hotel employees. Catering, Reservations, Management. Seven moles, waiting for years for a single code word, a trigger that will send them into action in a violent event that will end their dull lives as they know them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The event has failed: the action was a disaster. Each employee is being debriefed by an agent of an invisible organization. These are the transcripts of those interviews. What they reveal is not just the intricate mechanism of an international assassination, but the yearnings inside each of its pawns, the desperation and secret rage that might cause any one of us to sign up, sell out, and take a plunge into darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Both sinister and absurd, \u003ci\u003eSeven Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a puzzle to be solved, a comedy, and a panorama of life. At once sociological, satirical, and scary, it paints portraits of the mundane human failings behind geopolitical machinations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Whitton is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reverse Cowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e, a story collection. His short fiction has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Bastards\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is a graduate of the University of Guelph's Creative Writing MFA program. David lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772286796064,"sku":"9781459748576","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e3c10b5872bf5a051061b5f329e1ba9.webp?v=1780402437","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/seven-down-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}