{"title":"6\/1\/25","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780008710088","title":"The Compound","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rawle, Aisling\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 July 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 241 x 34 | 562g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted’ LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' 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