{"product_id":"black-hole-vo-0224077783","title":"Black Hole (VO)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0224077783\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Cape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd you thought \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e adolescence was scary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs we inhabit the heads of several key characters - some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it - what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then the murders start.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, \u003ci\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/i\u003e transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it - back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51476025049376,"sku":"NEW0224077783","price":39.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":51476025082144,"sku":"USED0224077783","price":17.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/41o6BdRDwEL.jpg?v=1776027123","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/black-hole-vo-0224077783","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}