{"product_id":"the-body-scout-paperback","title":"The Body Scout - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLincoln Michel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"timeless and original\" sci-fi thriller (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a hardboiled baseball scout must solve the murder of his brother in a world transformed by body modification, perfect for readers of William Gibson and Max Barry. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003ePick for the Top 50 Sci-Fi Books of All Time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A breathlessly paced techno-thriller characterized by stunning, spiky worldbuilding.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the future you can have any body you want--as long as you can afford it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a New York ravaged by climate change and repeat pandemics, Kobo is barely scraping by. He scouts the latest in gene-edited talent for Big Pharma-owned baseball teams, but his own cybernetics are a decade out of date and twin sister loan sharks are banging down his door. Things couldn't get much worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen his brother--Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz--is murdered at home plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to find the killer, Kobo plunges into a world of genetically modified CEOs, philosophical Neanderthals, and back-alley body modification, only to quickly find he's in a game far bigger and more corrupt than he imagined. To keep himself together while the world is falling apart, he'll have to navigate a time where both body and soul are sold to the highest bidder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiamond-sharp and savagely wry, \u003ci\u003eThe Body Scout\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely science fiction thriller debut set in an all-too-possible future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I devoured it.\" --Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Completely weird and still completely real. Delightful--I couldn't put it down.\"--Shea Serrano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLincoln Michel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eUpright Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, 2015), which was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e and reviewed in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times; Vanity Fair; O, The Oprah Magazine; Tor.com \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. His fiction and poetry appear in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Granta, Tin House, Strange Horizons, Vice's Motherboard\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. His essays and criticism have been published by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, GQ, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-editor of the science fiction anthology \u003ci\u003eGigantic Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (Gigantic Books 2015), the flash noir anthology \u003ci\u003eTiny Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e (Catapult, 2018), and the forthcoming horror anthology \u003ci\u003eTiny Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e (Catapult, 2020). He teaches speculative fiction writing in the MFA programs at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766587654432,"sku":"9780316628709","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8763d9f840ec4993b6e3bbd1cac01e0.webp?v=1780295192","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-body-scout-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}