{"product_id":"satin-island-paperback","title":"Satin Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort-listed for the Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSatin Island, \u003c\/i\u003e Tom McCarthy--the acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eRemainder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e--captures the way we experience our world and our efforts to find meaning in the narratives we think of as our lives. U., a \"corporate anthropologist,\" is tasked with preparing the Great Report, an all-encompassing ethnographic document that sums up our era. Yet at every turn, he feels himself overwhelmed by the ubiquity of data. But just as U. begins to wonder if his project will ever take shape, his senses are startled awake by a dream of an apocalyptic cityscape. Unlike anything you've read before, \u003ci\u003eSatin Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-bending adventure from one of the most original voices in literature today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom McCarthy was born in 1969 and lives in London. He is known in the art world for the reports, manifestos and media interventions he has made as general secretary of the International Necronautical Society (INS), a semi-fictitious avant-garde network. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMen in Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemainder \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTintin and the Secret of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013 he was awarded an inaugural Windham-Campbell Literature Prize from Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749924045088,"sku":"9780307739629","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fedd64cf1a59c54ca0da70806b7fe4e.webp?v=1779940519","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/satin-island-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}