{"product_id":"the-delivery-paperback-1","title":"The Delivery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Mendelsund\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnter the world of the Delivery Boy, who must pedal his way to five-star customer ratings--and, perhaps, freedom--in novelist and graphic designer Peter Mendelsund's \u003ci\u003eThe Delivery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountries go wrong sometimes, and sometimes the luckier citizens of those countries have a chance to escape and seek refuge in another country--a country that might itself be in the process of going wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the bustling indifference of an unnamed city, one such citizen finds himself trapped working for a company that makes its money dispatching an army of undocumented refugees to bring the well-off men and women of this confounding metropolis their dinners. Whatever he might have been at home, this citizen is now a Delivery Boy: a member of a new and invisible working class, pedaling his power-assist bike through traffic, hoping for a decent tip and a five-star rating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is decidedly a Delivery Boy; sometimes he even feels like a Delivery Baby; certainly he's not yet a Delivery Man, though he'll have to man up if he wants to impress N., the aloof dispatcher who sends him his orders and helps him with his English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan our hero avoid the wrath of his Supervisor, get the girl, and escape his indentured servitude? Can someone in his predicament ever have a happy ending? Who gets to decide? And who's telling this story, anyway? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarrowing and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eThe Delivery\u003c\/i\u003e is a fable for and about our times: an exploration of the ways language and commerce unite and isolate every one of us, native and immigrant both.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Mendelsund\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, a graphic designer, and the creative director of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eSame Same\u003c\/i\u003e as well as several books about literature and the visual imagination.\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 7.2 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767546904864,"sku":"9781250829610","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6dd8a2752a451a2130e5776ebaa2ec71.webp?v=1780312986","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-delivery-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}