{"product_id":"chocky-by-john-wyndham-9780141191492","title":"Chocky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to Penguin Modern Classics, to tie in with the release of the Steven Spielberg film, and with a new introduction by Brian Aldiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMatthew's parents are worried. At eleven, he's much too old to have an imaginary friend, yet they find him talking to and arguing with a presence that even he admits is not physically there. This presence — \u003cem\u003eChocky\u003c\/em\u003e — causes Matthew to ask difficult questions and say startling things; he speaks of complex mathematics and mocks human progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, when Matthew does something incredible, it seems there is more than the imaginary about \u003cem\u003eChocky\u003c\/em\u003e. Which is when others become interested and ask questions of their own — who is \u003cem\u003eChocky\u003c\/em\u003e? And what could it want with an eleven-year-old boy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249871278316,"sku":"9780141191492","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141191492.jpg?v=1741522293","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/chocky-by-john-wyndham-9780141191492","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}