{"product_id":"madness-is-better-than-defeat-ned-beauman-9780804172189","title":"Madness Is Better Than Defeat","description":"In 1938, two rival expeditions descend on an ancient temple recently discovered in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a huge Hollywood production on location there, the other to disassemble the temple and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues. Twenty years later, a rogue CIA agent sets out to exploit the temple for his own ends, unaware that it is a locus of conspiracies far grander than anyone could ever have guessed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShot through with intrigue, ingenuity, and adventure, and showcasing Beauman's riotous humor, spectacular imagination, and riveting prose, \u003ci\u003eMadness Is Better Than Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel without parallel: inventive, anarchic, and delightfully insane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Beauman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804172188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804172189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Ned Beauman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994151682303,"sku":"9780804172189","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72703318-7237-4fe4-b28e-0ea49e1fdb89.jpg?v=1683328432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madness-is-better-than-defeat-ned-beauman-9780804172189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}