{"product_id":"come-in-and-shut-the-door-9781471188800","title":"Come In and Shut the Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe new epic new novel from the cult film maker and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Psalm Killer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRobinson\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27 March 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'One of Britain's most visionary writers',\u003cb\u003e David Peace \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘That uniquely valuable writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit’, \u003cb\u003ePeter Bradshaw, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A tale for our feverish times ... It's fascinating to wander round Petit's baroque imagination' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FINAL DAYS OF ADOLF HITLER ARE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THAT BERLIN BUNKER? AND WHAT HAPPENEND NEXT?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Parker loses his faith and quits studying for the priesthood, he finds himself back in London, looking for employment. He accepts an offer to work as amanuensis to the sinister Robinson, who earns a living as a collector of dubious historical objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Parker’s duties involve meeting those who have an interest in purchasing the kinds of artefacts in which Robinson specialises. As he becomes immersed in a world of secret histories, Parker discovers things that will lead him into the darkest corners of 20th-century history and that great fault line of civilisation, institutional corruption, of which he is a victim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With a cast of corrupt police officers, property speculators, Russian Mafiosi, abusive Roman Catholic priests, Second World War bomber pilots, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler, \u003ci\u003eCome in and Shut the Door\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, brave and scatological masterpiece by one of our best and most original writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Chris Petit is a master of the dark thriller arts. \u003ci\u003eCome In and Shut the Door \u003c\/i\u003epushes open a clandestine entrance into another dimension, a Visconti-like world beyond the edge of night.’ \u003cb\u003eNicholas Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 596g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 242 x 162 x 35 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781471188800\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Petit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47226399916282,"sku":"9781471188800","price":13.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1743159921079_book.jpg?v=1743248809","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/come-in-and-shut-the-door-9781471188800","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}