The Premonitions Bureau

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Premonitions are impossible. But they come true all the time. Most are innocent. You think of a forgotten friend. Out of the blue, they call. But what if you knew that something terrible was going to happen? A sudden flash, the words CHARING CROSS. Four days later, a packed express train comes off the rails outside the station. What if you could share your vision, and stop that train? Could these forebodings help the world to prevent disasters? In 1966, John Barker, a dynamic psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate these questions. He would find a network of hundreds of correspondents, from bank clerks to ballet teachers. Among them were two unnervingly gifted ‘percipients’. Together, the pair predicted plane crashes, assassinations and international incidents, with uncanny accuracy.

‘Fascinating.’ Hilary Mantel

‘Terrific.’ New Scientist

‘Gripping.’ Financial Times

‘Stunning . . . Brimming with mystery and suffesed with haunting atmosphere.’ Patrick Radden Keefe

What if you had a vision that something terrible was going to happen?

A train crash, a department store fire, an assassination.

What if you could share your vision, and prevent a disaster?

In 1966, John Barker, a British psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate this very idea. He would find a network of curious correspondents, and among them two highly gifted ‘percipients’. Together, they predicted calamities and international incidents with uncanny accuracy. And then, they gave Barker their most disturbing warning: that he was about to die.

Sam Knight’s book The Premonitions Bureau was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 07-05-2022

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Weight	0.215 kg
Dimensions	19.8 × 12.9 × 1.5 cm
Author	Knight, Sam
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Imprint	Faber & Faber
Cover	Paperback
Pages	247
Language	English
Edition
Dewey	133.860941 (edition:23)
Readership	General – Trade / Code: K

SKU 9780571357574 Category History Tags Social, group or collective psychology, History of ideas, History: specific events & topics, Impact of science & technology on society

The Premonitions Bureau

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