{"product_id":"short-fuse","title":"Short Fuse","description":"\u003cp\u003eI\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b1c1d; font-family: \" times new roman font-size:\u003e Paco Ezra is a substitute chemistry teacher with mild autism, a pregnant girlfriend twenty years older than him, and a past he would rather keep sealed. When the Dutch government bans fireworks, Paco spots an opportunity: using his chemistry skills to manufacture illegal explosives with Miguel, a former student.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eWhat begins as a side project quickly spirals out of control. Miguel’s father is a major player in the fireworks underworld. Paco’s uncle is a police officer investigating the illegal trade. And Paco discovers that Miguel is not just his student, his partner, his friend—?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eWhat begins as a side project quickly spirals out of control. Miguel’s father is a major player in the fireworks underworld. Paco’s uncle is a police officer investigating the illegal trade. And Paco discovers that Miguel is not just his student, his partner, his friend—?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eOver the course of six days, secrets surface, loyalties collapse, and every chemical reaction seems ready to detonate. SHORT FUSE is a fast, darkly funny thriller about family ties, criminal ambition, and the chemistry of self-destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: \" times new roman none auto normal font-size-adjust:=\"\" font-kerning:=\"\" font-variant-alternates:=\"\" font-variant-ligatures:=\"\" font-variant-numeric:=\"\" font-variant-east-asian:=\"\" font-variant-position:=\"\" font-variant-emoji:=\"\" font-feature-settings:=\"\" font-optical-sizing:=\"\" font-variation-settings:=\"\" color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eWritten with unnerving precision and a sharp sense of irony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quality Publishers (Uitgeverij Kwaliteit)","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":51197163864368,"sku":"9781919475400","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/short-fuse","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}