{"product_id":"the-scapegoat","title":"The Scapegoat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eREBECCA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a magnificent thriller this is' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A good original novel, well tinged with nightmare' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was my shadow, or I was his, and we were bound to each other through eternity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo men - one English, one French - meet by chance in a railway station. Their resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the night talking and drinking together. But when John wakes the next morning that he realises his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. Forced to step into his doppelganger's shoes, John finds himself entangled in a web of secrets: as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sublime and gothic genius. She is in a league of her own' \u003c\/b\u003eCAMILLA GRUDOVA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping . . . It has great literary sophistication and an alienated post-war male conscience at its core'\u003c\/b\u003e LISA APPIGNANESI\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61613871038798,"sku":"9780349020754","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9780349020754.jpg?v=1794319974","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/the-scapegoat","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}