{"product_id":"mooncop-tom-gauld-9781770462540","title":"Mooncop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"At once hilarious and achingly melancholy, [\u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like a requiem for the future we were promised decades ago that never arrived. A quietly essential read for anyone who grew up reading sci-fi.\"--\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Living on the moon . . . Whatever were we thinking? . . . It seems so silly now.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e is equal parts funny and melancholy. capturing essential truths about humanity and making this a story of the past, present, and future, all in one. Like his \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist \u003c\/i\u003estrips, as well as his previous graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e is told with Tom Gauld's distinctive, matter-of-fact storytelling and dry humor \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003ean approach that has earned him fans around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Gauld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 6.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2016 pg. 35","brand":"Tom Gauld","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042729980159,"sku":"9781770462540","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04fa8fad-b9fc-47ce-8ad6-4b8e0830797a.jpg?v=1684963194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mooncop-tom-gauld-9781770462540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}