{"product_id":"in-the-lives-of-puppets","title":"In the Lives of Puppets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author TJ Klune, \u003ci\u003eIn the Lives of Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e New for paperback! This paperback edition includes the poignant short story 'Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!' set in the same extraordinary world\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and Indie Bestseller*\u003cbr\u003e *Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a small home, built into the branches of a tree, live a human named Victor and three robots. These are a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, a small vacuum desperate for love and attention, and a fatherly inventor-android named Giovanni Lawson. Together they're a family, hidden and safe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Then Vic salvages an unfamiliar android labelled 'HAP'. He learns that Hap and Gio share a dark past, where they hunted humans. And Hap unwittingly gives away Gio's location. Before they know it, robots from Gio's former life arrive - to capture and return the android to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The rest of the unconventional family must travel across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommissioning. Or worse, reprogramming. Along the way, Vic must decide if he can handle his feelings for Hap - even if they come with strings attached.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eInspired by Carlo Collodi's \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Pinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Lives of Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful standalone fantasy adventure from the author who brought you \u003ci\u003eThe House in the Cerulean Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Whispering Door\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A deeply stirring journey through a world of extraordinary robots' - Chuck Tingle, Hugo-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eCamp Damascus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Lives of Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e was a No. 1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e HB Bestseller w\/c 24\/04\/2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48362777804983,"sku":"9781529088045","price":199.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/11302173482732_701615d1-4aac-43a9-ac71-4ec2ac6b0bbc.jpg?v=1777536067","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-lives-of-puppets","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}