{"product_id":"ratners-star-don-delillo-9780679722922","title":"Ratner's Star","description":"\"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of DeLillo's first novels, \u003ci\u003eRatner's Star \u003c\/i\u003efollows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. \u003ci\u003eRatner's Star\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like \u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His most spectacularly inventive novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Delillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679722920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679722922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.82h x 7.61w x 0.94d","brand":"Don Delillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046507180287,"sku":"9780679722922","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90016524-b2cf-4ccf-be0c-f1954fdc5eec.jpg?v=1684984940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ratners-star-don-delillo-9780679722922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}