{"product_id":"hedyphagetica-austryn-wainhouse-9781564784674","title":"Hedyphagetica: A Romantic Argument After Certain Old Models, \u0026 Containing an Assortment of Heroes, Scenes of Anthropophagy \u0026 of Patho","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedyphagetica is a powerful political satire, a ribald comedy, and a desperate love letter to a woman named Aime?. \"Oh my, yes, I am afraid that in the beginning was the word...\" So begins the narrator's account of his homeland, Gron, a country whose militaristic and authoritarian government bombs its own people at air shows--to keep them awed--and leads them into pointless and interminable wars to keep them properly motivated Employing all the tools of modernity to achieve a medieval brand of repression, Gron is a grim place. The narrator, attempting a kind of history, tells his story through the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson (no relation), an everyman who suffers every indignity his government can offer (including having an eye removed to \"cure\" his migraines).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Austryn Wainhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1564784673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564784674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.49h x 5.70w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2007 pg. 30\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austryn Wainhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980100534527,"sku":"9781564784674","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2880bde1-6b71-44c3-848f-c8be9d9bbbed.jpg?v=1683248394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hedyphagetica-austryn-wainhouse-9781564784674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}