{"product_id":"mahy-m-twentyfour-hours-9780006755418","title":"Mahy M Twentyfour Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margaret Mahy\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Suicide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompelling drama in which 17-year-old Ellis comes to terms with the meaning of death... Ellis is an ordinary 17-year-old; someone who's planning to finish school and go to university like any other teenager. The difference is that four months ago, his best friend Simon killed himself. Still - that was four months ago. Ellis has now 'got over it'. Except, of course, he hasn't. Returning to his home town, he gets drawn into a situation in which the 'old' Ellis would never have become embrangled. He gatecrashes a party and persuaded to 'rescue' two sisters - Ursa and Leo, driving them back to the Land of Smiles - the ex-motel where they live. From that moment on, nothing is the same again. The story is narrated hour-by-hour, as Ellis packs a life-time of experiences into the next twenty-four hours. Giving in to high spirits and booze, Ellis wakes next morning in a strange bed, with a stonking hangover and a shaven head  He learns that a child has been kidnapped, and is persuaded to help in her rescue... This is a bizarre, surreal and powerful novel in which the reader is taken on the same roller-coaster ride as Ellis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892327202967,"sku":"9780006755418","price":974.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780006755418.webp?v=1781186487","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mahy-m-twentyfour-hours-9780006755418","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}