{"product_id":"maxwells-demon-steven-hall-9780802149206","title":"Maxwell's Demon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFourteen years after the monumental publication of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Raw Shark Texts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaxwell's Demon\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the triumphant return of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e Best Young British Novelist Steven Hall.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he's stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people's characters. His wife, Imogen, is working on a remote island halfway around the world, and talking to her over the webcam isn't the same. The bills are piling up, the dirty dishes are stacking in the sink, and the whole world seems to be hurtling towards entropic collapse. Then he gets a voicemail from his father, who has been dead for seven years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas's relationship with Stanley Quinn--a world-famous writer and erstwhile absent father--was always shaky, not least because Stanley always seemed to prefer his enigmatic assistant and protégé Andrew Black to his own son. Yet after Black published his first book, \u003cem\u003eCupid's Engine\u003c\/em\u003e, which went on to sell over a million copies, he disappeared completely. Now strange things are happening to Thomas, and he can't help but wonder if Black is tugging at the seams of his world behind the scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsurdly brilliant, wildly entertaining, and utterly mind-bending, \u003cem\u003eMaxwell's Demon\u003c\/em\u003e triumphantly excavates the ways we construct meaning in a world where chaotic collapse looms closer every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802149200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802149206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021","brand":"Steven Hall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045998620927,"sku":"9780802149206","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbaf7722-ee01-44fa-b00c-450533a68920.jpg?v=1684982025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maxwells-demon-steven-hall-9780802149206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}