{"product_id":"the-city-under-the-skin-paperback","title":"The City Under the Skin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoff Nicholson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cartographic thriller with so many twists and turns it requires its own map\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cartography-obsessed misfit clerk from an antique map store in a district that's not quite trendy yet. A bold young woman chasing the answer to a question she can't quite formulate. A petty criminal hoping the parking lot he's just purchased is the ticket to a new life of respectability with his school-age daughter. A ruthless but vulnerable killer and his disgruntled accomplice. In \u003ci\u003eThe City Under the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, it's not fate that will bind these characters together but something more concrete and sinister: the appearance of a group of mysterious women, their backs crudely and extensively tattooed with maps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey have been kidnapped, marked, and released, otherwise unharmed. When one turns up on the doorstep of the map shop and abruptly bares her back, only to be hustled away by a man in a beat-up blue Cadillac, it's the misfit clerk Zak, pushed by his curious new friend Marilyn, who finds himself reluctantly entering a criminal underworld whose existence he'd prefer to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this haunting literary thriller, Geoff Nicholson paints a deft portrait of a city in transition. His sharply drawn characters are people desperate to know where they are but scared of being truly seen. A meditation on obsession and revenge, a hymn to the joys of urban exploration, \u003ci\u003eThe City Under the Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly original novel about the indelible scars we both live with and inflict on others.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Nicholson\u003c\/b\u003e (1952 - 2025) was the author of 17 novels. His debut, \u003ci\u003eStreet Sleeper\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e First Work Award; \u003ci\u003eBleeding London\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize; and \u003ci\u003eBedlam Burning\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. His nonfiction titles include \u003ci\u003eSex Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e, and his journalism appeared in, among other publications, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGastronomica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCustom Car\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e where he served as a contributing editor. Born in Sheffield, England, he lived in New York City and Los Angeles before moving to a village in Manningtree in Essex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362105024877,"sku":"9780374535551","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/bGVxandyNlhiUEhPRWY4N01mc2VzQT09.webp?v=1779472418","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-city-under-the-skin-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}