{"product_id":"the-book-of-elsewhere-by-keanu-reeves-china-mieville","title":"The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves \u0026 China Miéville","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A gripping, hugely intelligent and beautifully-realised nightmare. It’s clever, brilliant and horrifying.’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A rattlingly good read . . . has much in common with Reeves' best film roles.’ Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A pulpy, adrenaline-fueled thriller, but it’s also a moody, experimental novel about mortality, the slippery nature of time and what it means to be human.’ New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Exhilarating’ BBC Radio 4 Front Row\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bloody fun.' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Reeves and Mieville’s novel turns a (literally) comic book into a meditation on what it means to be truly alive that’s both affecting and enigmatic.’ SFX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A sprawling blend of hi-octane action sequences and philosophical meditations on life, death and immortality that calls to mind Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light… An absorbing combination of sci-fi, mythology and teleology.’ Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s known simply as “B.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he wants to be able to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself. One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a collaboration that combines Miéville’s singular style and creativity with Reeves’s haunting and soul-stirring narrative, these two inimitable artists have created something utterly unique, sure to delight existing fans and to create scores of new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A delight . . . let Keanu Reeves punch and shoot his way onto your summer reading list … a philosophical, violent thriller about an immortal soldier pondering the nature of existence, The Book of Elsewhere has an elegance that might surprise you for a pulp thriller.’ Polygon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57149824401788,"sku":"9781529160260","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/7594\/files\/New-2026-07-09T090946.894.png?v=1783584678","url":"https:\/\/shop.penguin.co.uk\/products\/the-book-of-elsewhere-by-keanu-reeves-china-mieville","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}