{"product_id":"completesecondcensus","title":"Entire Second Census collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first census counts the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eSecond Census\u003c\/strong\u003e handles the paperwork afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis would be considerably easier if the dead would remain where they were entered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the world, the Office of the Second Census investigates deaths that have become administratively difficult: a train enters a tunnel with 312 passengers and emerges with 313. Seven hundred and nine death notices arrive signed by the deceased. A dead man makes coffee for two. A corpse lands on the pavement while another version of the same man watches from the window above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are rules for these situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the rules are extremely old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral are currently under appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach \u003cstrong\u003eSecond Census\u003c\/strong\u003e book follows a different city and a different collision between death, memory, history and the institution charged with keeping the count straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Boston, another office has been counting people the government forgot. In Mexico City, the dead begin accepting their annual invitations home rather more literally than intended. Istanbul discovers that nobody currently administers death. Prague has two versions of the same claimant and neither is willing to concede that the other one has standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelgrade would simply like to know why the extra passenger on the train is already buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Office would also like to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has brought forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free: \u003c\/strong\u003ea complete Reality Services story, where buildings generally stay in the same reality but management makes no promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/realityservicesoffice.com\/collections\/secondcensus\" title=\"Second Census book series\"\u003eSee all Second Census books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reality Services Office","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53992130085048,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4459\/2824\/files\/SC_all_10_ebooks_1500x1200T.png?v=1787810197","url":"https:\/\/realityservicesoffice.com\/products\/completesecondcensus","provider":"Reality Services Office","version":"1.0","type":"link"}