{"product_id":"sandcastle-by-pierre-levy-9781906838386","title":"Sandcastle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a perfect beach day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely vegetated cliffs. But this utopia hides a dark secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, there is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear water. Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older every half hour, and there doesn't seem to be any way out of the cove. Lévy's dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters's sinister art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandcastle\u003c\/em\u003e has received high praise:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eBegins like a murder mystery, continues like an episode of \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, and finishes with a kind of existentialism that wouldn't be out of place in a Von Trier film.\u003c\/q\u003e - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandcastle\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast 112-page read you won't be able to put down.\u003c\/q\u003e - Cleveland.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003ePeeters and Lévy convey some profound, if profoundly unsubtle, truths about the human condition. Weighty stuff, expertly told.\u003c\/q\u003e - The Comics Bulletin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427730342124,"sku":"9781906838386","price":38.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781906838386.jpg?v=1774767385","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sandcastle-by-pierre-levy-9781906838386","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}