{"product_id":"novelty-leon-dermot-9798302702708","title":"Novelty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Too darkly funny and brilliantly unhinged to stop reading.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A chaotic black comedy about a man with a messiah complex.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Akin to The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Fight Club, Money, and The Motorcycle Diaries had a three-way, Novelty would be their web-toed, mutant lovechild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinn Balor is a depraved billionaire and polymath with a vendetta against fate and an insatiable appetite for hedonism. Obsessed with the idea that free will is a fallacy, he invents the Oracle-a quantum device capable of reshaping reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined to break the chains of causality, Finn founds Q-Path, a radical underground sect, and unleashes his fanatical acolytes upon an unsuspecting world. But as Q-Path spreads chaos, Finn is forced to confront an unsettling question: is he humanity's saviour or its saboteur? And is Finn Balor really who he claims to be? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Novelty: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Darkly funny and brilliantly unhinged\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dermot effectively plunges readers into the chaotic and likely unbalanced mind of his protagonist.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Expect the unexpected might be a cliché, but it fits this deeply original novel nicely.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Independent Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leon Dermot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798302702708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Leon Dermot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851078709503,"sku":"9798302702708","price":9.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/novelty-leon-dermot-9798302702708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}