{"product_id":"mao-ii-a-novel-0140152741","title":"Mao II: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0140152741\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e DeLillo, Don\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD  A profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual, from the National Book Award-winning author of White Noise, one of the most ironic, intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America (The New York Times)This novels a beauty. A vision as bold and a voice as eloquent and morally focused as any in American writing.-Thomas PynchonBill 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 Scotts lover-and Bills.An extraordinary novel about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51531286905120,"sku":"NEW0140152741","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/6115vy-p9tL.jpg?v=1777277381","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/mao-ii-a-novel-0140152741","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}