{"product_id":"the-body-scout-a-novel-0316628700","title":"The Body Scout: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0316628700\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michel, Lincoln\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this timeless and original sci-fi thriller (New York Times), 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.An Esquire Pick for the Top 50 Sci-Fi Books of All TimeA New York Times Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021\"A breathlessly paced techno-thriller characterized by stunning, spiky worldbuilding.\" - EsquireIn the future you can have any body you want-as long as you can afford it.But 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 He scouts the latest in gene-edited talent for Big Pharma-owned baseball teams, but his own cybernetics are a decade out of date and twin sister loan sharks are banging down his door.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.Then his brother-Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz-is murdered at home plate.Determined 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.Diamond-sharp and savagely wry, The Body Scout is a timely science fiction thriller debut set in an all-too-possible future.\"I devoured it.\" -Jonathan Lethem\"Completely weird and still completely real. Delightful-I couldn't put it down.\"-Shea Serrano\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738160529696,"sku":"NEW0316628700","price":15.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71ubYe0ZzMS.jpg?v=1779584069","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-body-scout-a-novel-0316628700","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}