{"product_id":"end-of-the-world-book-alistair-mccartney-9780299226305","title":"End of the World Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is no ordinary novel. An encyclopedia of memory--from A to Z--\u003ci\u003eThe End of the World Book\u003c\/i\u003e deftly intertwines fiction, memoir, and cultural history, reimagining the story of the world and one man's life as they both hurtle toward a frightening future. Alistair McCartney's alphabetical guide to the apocalypse layers images like a prose poem, building from Aristotle to da Vinci, hip-hop to lederhosen, plagues to zippers, while barreling from antiquity to the present. \u003cbr\u003e In this profound book about mortality, McCartney composes an irreverent archive of philosophical obsessions and homoerotic fixations, demonstrating the difficulty of separating what is real from what is imagined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, The Publishing Triangle\u003cp\u003eFinalist, PEN USA Literary Award for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alistair McCartney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299226301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299226305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.29w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/11\/2008 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 31","brand":"Alistair McCartney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119535878399,"sku":"9780299226305","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc7d322c-93fe-48e4-a853-f74f64769837.jpg?v=1687409831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/end-of-the-world-book-alistair-mccartney-9780299226305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}