{"product_id":"9781447261308-utopia-experiment","title":"Utopia Experiment","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVivid, blackly comic . a thought-provoking tale, full of splendidly unlikely characters' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine you have survived an apocalypse. Civilization as you knew it is no more. What will life be like and how will you cope?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2006, Dylan Evans set out to answer these questions. He left his job in a high-tech robotics lab, moved to the Scottish Highlands and founded a community called The Utopia Experiment. There, together with an eclectic assortment of volunteers, he tried to live out a scenario of global collapse, free from modern technology and comforts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin a year, Evans found himself detained in a psychiatric hospital, shattered and depressed, trying to figure out what had gone wrong. In \u003ci\u003eThe Utopia Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e he tells his own extraordinary story: his frenzied early enthusiasm for this unusual project, the many challenges of post-apocalyptic living, his descent into madness and his gradual recovery. In the process, he learns some hard lessons about himself and about life, and comes to see the modern world he abandoned in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gripping, slow-motion car crash. You can't take your eyes off it' Julian Baggini, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It radiates an intense intelligence and a candour that is never less than touching and, sometimes, downright heartrending' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary . both frightening and compelling' \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40822903341153,"sku":"9781447261308","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/fc51b56e2a0c03d4930acb5d3d8d7e92.png?v=1683359266","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781447261308-utopia-experiment","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}