{"product_id":"midnight-timetable-a-novel-in-ghost-stories","title":"Midnight Timetable A Novel in Ghost Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, 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... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The acclaimed Korean horror and sci-fi writer's goosebump-inducing new book follows an employee on the night shift at the Institute. They soon learn why some employees don't last long at the center. The handkerchief in Room 302 once belonged to the late mother of two sons, whose rivalry imbues the handkerchief with undue power and unravels the lives of those who seek to possess it. Meanwhile a live-streaming, ghost-chasing employee steals a cursed sneaker down the hall, but later finds he can't escape its tread. The cat in Room 206 begins to reveal the crimes of its former family, wanting to understand its own path to the Institute's dimly lit halls. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Chung's haunted institute isn't just a chilling place to play. As in her astounding collections \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYour Utopia,\u003c\/i\u003e these violent allegories subtly excavate the horrors of animal cosmetic testing, \"conversion therapy,\" domestic abuse, and late-stage capitalism. Equal parts bone-chilling, wryly funny, and deeply political,\u003ci\u003e Midnight Timetable\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time's greatest imaginations. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55711810879561,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5336\/3785\/files\/6470723482773.jpg?v=1780088757","url":"https:\/\/morebetterbooks.com\/products\/midnight-timetable-a-novel-in-ghost-stories","provider":"More Better Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}