{"product_id":"9781473613560-venomous-lumpsucker","title":"Venomous Lumpsucker","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWINNER of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe irresistible new novel by the Booker-longlisted author Ned Beauman - a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eSCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel that delights, dazzles and moves in equal measure' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brutally satirical and grimly hilarious' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The irresistible new novel by the Booker-longlisted author Ned Beauman - a darkly funny and incisive zoological thriller for the age of Extinction Rebellion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it \u003ci\u003ewas \u003c\/i\u003ethe most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might already be extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. Except for two people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish has gone for good. And biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other, but they're left with no choice but to team up, pursuing the lumpsucker across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe. On the way, they are drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gripping and singular, \u003ci\u003eVenomous Lumpsucker\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy about environmental devastation that asks: do we have it in us to avert the tragedy of mass extinction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And also: do we really need to bother?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A hilarious, terrifying novel in which Ned Beauman captures brilliantly the contradictory blend of urgency, paralysis, panic and resignation the climate emergency and its attendant mass extinctions inspire' Chris Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563253285238,"sku":"9781473613560","price":15.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33981077.jpg?v=1753428167","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781473613560-venomous-lumpsucker","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}