{"product_id":"red-pill-paperback","title":"Red Pill - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHari Kunzru\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bold new novel about searching for order in a world that frames madness as truth f\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the widely acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter receiving a prestigious writing fellowship in Germany, the narrator of \u003ci\u003eRed Pill\u003c\/i\u003e arrives in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee and struggles to accomplish anything at all. Instead of working on the book he has proposed to write, he takes long walks and binge-watches \u003ci\u003eBlue Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea violent cop show that becomes weirdly compelling in its bleak, Darwinian view of life. He soon begins to wonder if his writing has any value at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWannsee is full of ghosts: Across the lake, the narrator can see the villa where the Nazis planned the Final Solution, and in his walks he passes the grave of the Romantic writer Heinrich von Kleist, who killed himself after deciding that \"no happiness was possible here on earth.\" At a party, he meets the charismatic Anton, creator of \u003ci\u003eBlue Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, and the narrator begins to believe that the two of them are engaged in a cosmic battle. Anton is \"red-pilling\" his viewers--turning them toward an ugly, alt-rightish worldview, he thinks, as he starts to wonder if he is losing his mind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHARI KUNZRU is the author of five previous novels: \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears, The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGods Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages, and his short stories and journalism have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy in Berlin. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767930388768,"sku":"9781101973226","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dd90433bab9bcd0beb39aa77abd40564.webp?v=1780320815","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/red-pill-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}