{"product_id":"a-landing-on-the-sun-9780312421908","title":"A Landing on the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHeadlong \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e, an unconditional triumph (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fifteen years, ever since the taciturn civil servant Summerchild fell to his death from a window in the Admiralty, there have been rumors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo Brian Jessel, a young member of the Cabinet Office, is diverted from his routine work and asked to prepare an internal report. Slowly, from the archives in the Cabinet Office Registry, Jessel begins to reconstruct Summerchild's last months. It begins to emerge that, at a time when America had just put men on the moon, the British were involved in an even bolder project, and that Summerchild was investigating a phenomenon as common as sunlight, but as powerful and dangerous as any of the forces that modern science has known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe secret world into which Brian Jessel stumbles turns out to be even more extraordinary than his department had feared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Frayn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312421908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven novels, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHeadlong \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written thirteen plays, among them \u003ci\u003eNoises Off \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e, which won three Tony Awards in l999. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40110211367027,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_88356335-5d95-4601-a534-2112006c89cd.jpg?v=1653402314","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-landing-on-the-sun-9780312421908","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}