{"product_id":"mao-ii-don-delillo-paperback","title":"Mao II -- Don Delillo, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD - A profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual, from the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, \"one of the most ironic, intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This novel's a beauty. A vision as bold and a voice as eloquent and morally focused as any in American writing.\"--Thomas Pynchon\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, his dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover--and Bill's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary novel about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Delillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/1\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.78\" H x 5.13\" L x 0.72\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780140152746\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51736255037739,"sku":"9780140152746","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780140152746_ebc9f059-8c28-48ab-b0fe-5af835dcb712.jpg?v=1774776789","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/mao-ii-don-delillo-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}