{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-failed-promises","title":"THE MINISTRY OF FAILED PROMISES","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" times new roman\u003e'The Ministry of Failed Promises' by Oluwatayo Jide Shoneye is a sharp political satire that examines systemic corruption in a fictional state where basic rights are treated as commodities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" times new roman\u003eIn a nation where the 'Grand Highway to Nowhere' exists only on glossy brochures and in offshore bank accounts, the social contract has been replaced by a 'Hunger Cycle.' Here, the Ministry of Illumination sells the absence of electricity, the Ministry of Academic Alchemy replaces history with fiction, and the 'Oxygen Tax' makes the very air a luxury for the dying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" times new roman\u003eBut a failed state is a fragile ecosystem. When the Ministry’s 'Electoral Alchemists' attempt to use magic pens and 'Ghost Voters' to manipulate the future, they encounter unexpected resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" times new roman\u003eThe Ministry of Failed Promises offers a sharp, satirical journey through the 'Physical Decay' and 'Institutional Poison' of a country on the brink. It tells the story of Mama Ngozi, who gauges the nation's decline by the price of a tomato; Mr Olawale, the clerk with a secret ledger of every stolen kobo; and a 'Digital Underground' armed with smartphones and the truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" times new roman\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":50571489902896,"sku":"9781807383459","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-ministry-of-failed-promises","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}