{"product_id":"9780143112563-against-the-day","title":"Against the Day","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inimitable Thomas Pynchon has done it again. Hailed as \"a major work of art\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel in almost ten years spans the era between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I and moves among locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all). With a phantasmagoria of characters and a kaleidoscopic plot, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e confronts a world of impending disaster, unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places and still manages to be hilarious, moving, profound, and so much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592362865014,"sku":"9780143112563","price":21.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31517806.jpg?v=1762260119","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780143112563-against-the-day","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}