{"product_id":"9780857303288","title":"The Trial of Katterfelto : A dazzling novel of science, reason, and wonder from Man Booker-longlisted author","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last jittery years of the eighteenth century, England is hungry for marvels. In rides Doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, a celebrity conjurer who once performed for Kings and now lives by his wits, with his battered stage gear and his black cat Cleo.   He is joined by Roger Gossage, a young Moroccan Jew stranded in Britain. When a river accident leaves Katterfelto injured and Roger combing the Severn for lost property, he finds a dented silver horn, cold as a grave coin. When breathed into, it answers with a woman's voice - she speaks of far-off cities, strange machines and in riddles, and soon \"the Oracle of Clevelode\" is the sensation of the Midlands. Crowds pack Duvernet's theatre and fields at dusk. Doom-preachers chant her phrases. Rival magicians and zealots circle. But then a shadowy Constable of the Night sets a trap.   As hysteria rises, Roger begins to suspect the horn is not a trick at all. In Nottingham a scientific committee is formed to test the oracle. What begins as theatre becomes obsession, and ends in a public trial for \"pretending to sorcery\", with Roger fighting to save Katterfelto and the voice inside the horn.   Told as a breathless 'true account', The Trial of Katterfelto is a darkly comic historical fever dream about spectacle, belief, and the price of hearing the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731984269688,"sku":"9780857303288","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780857303288.jpg?v=1794265273","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780857303288","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}