{"product_id":"world-pacific-9780063375352","title":"World Pacific: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e';Terrific . . . John le Carre meets Evelyn Waugh.'\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during the outbreak of the Second World War, a darkly comic novel of intrigue, adventure, and the perils of self-invention from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Torqued Man.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, boys' adventure writer Richard Halifax vanishes in the Pacific while sailing from Hong Kong to San Francisco as part of the World's Fair festivities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHildegard Rauch, an emigre painter and the daughter of Germany's greatest living writer in exile, finds her twin brother in a coma after an attempted suicide, leaving behind a mysterious note that sends her searching for the truth about her brother's relationship with Richard Halifax and the dangerous secret he entrusted to the writer before his voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Faulk, a British intelligence officer hunting Nazi spies in California, learns of the arrival of a mysterious American agent from across the Pacific, part of a joint German-Japanese operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in the alternating voices of these three characters whose fates intersect, \u003ci\u003eWorld Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e is a madcap, quixotic tale that explores the many forms of shipwreck, exile, betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves in the fight to stay afloat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29 September 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780063375352\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Peter Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67645517005050,"sku":"9780063375352","price":16.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9780063375352.jpg?v=1791241669","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/world-pacific-9780063375352","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}