{"product_id":"9781770462540-mooncop","title":"Mooncop","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Guardian cartoonist relates the daily deadpan adventures of the last policeman living on the moon\u003cbr\u003eLiving on the moonWhatever were we thinking? .It seems so silly now. The  lunar  colony  is  slowly  winding  down,  like  a  small town  circumvented  by  a  new  super  highway.  As  our  hero, the Mooncop, makes his daily rounds, his beat grows ever smaller, the population dwindles. A young girl runs away, a dog breaks off his leash, an automaton wanders off from the Museum of the Moon. Each day that the Mooncop goes to work, life gets a little quieter and a little lonelier.  As in Goliath, Tom Gauld's retelling of the Bible story, the focus in Gauld's science fiction is personal-no big explo-sions or grand reveals, just the incremental dissolution of an  abandoned  project  and  a  person's  slow  awakening  to his  own  uselessness.  Depicted  in  the  distinctive,  matter-of-fact style of his beloved Guardian strips,  Mooncop is equal parts funny and melancholy. Gauld  captures essential truths about humanity, making this a story of the past, present, and future, all in one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31882348658785,"sku":"9781770462540","price":11.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27329310.jpg?v=1721679379","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781770462540-mooncop","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}