{"product_id":"the-midnight-timetable-9780349705170b","title":"The Midnight Timetable","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eShortlisted for the 2026 URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts bone-chilling, wryly funny and deeply political, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Midnight Timetable\u003c\/span\u003e is a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time's greatest imaginations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a labyrinthine research facility, where those who open the wrong door might find it's disappeared behind them or that the echoing footsteps they're running from are their own, an unnamed protagonist begins their night shift under the watchful eye of the building's enigmatic senior guard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach evening, as the fluorescent lights flicker and the silence grows heavier, the guard shares another tale of cursed objects and lives unspooled by vengeance, sorrow or revelation. But these are not mere ghost stories. They're warnings. Lessons. Or, perhaps, confessions . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the nights stretch on and reality frays, our protagonist starts to suspect that the building itself is alive with malevolent intent and that the objects they guard aren't just cursed. They're waiting. Watching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Electrifying. A feast of a book. Strange, hypnotic and audacious.' Irenosen Okojie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating novel of shifting realities centred by a steady, humane heart. Bora Chung is a master of concocting dreamscapes that linger.' Marie-Helene\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e Bertino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e'These ghost stories . . . mist off the page and leave the real world hazy and askew.' Pemi Aguda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dialogue Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43044092117072,"sku":"9780349705170B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-midnight-timetable-9780349705170b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}