{"product_id":"the-plato-papers-peter-ackroyd-9780385497695","title":"The Plato Papers","description":"From the imagination of one of the most brilliant writers of our time and bestselling author of \u003cb\u003eThe Life of Thomas More\u003c\/b\u003e, a novel that playfully imagines how the \"modern\" era might appear to a thinker seventeen centuries hence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the turn of the 38th century, London's greatest orator, Plato, is known for his lectures on the long, tumultuous history of his now tranquil city. Plato focuses on the obscure and confusing era that began in A.D. 1500, the Age of Mouldwarp. His subjects include Sigmund Freud's comic masterpiece \"Jokes and Their Relation to the Subconscious,\" and Charles D.'s greatest novel, \"The Origin of Species.\" He explores the rituals of Mouldwarp, and the later cult of webs and nets that enslaved the population. By the end of his lecture series, however, Plato has been drawn closer to the subject of his fascination than he could ever have anticipated. At once funny and erudite, \u003cb\u003eThe Plato Papers\u003c\/b\u003e is a smart and entertaining look at how the future is imagined, the present absorbed, and the past misrepresented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385497695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385497695\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 03\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2001 pg. 24","brand":"Peter Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919630598399,"sku":"9780385497695","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_292dd90b-ce4d-4835-9b6e-93b75cddcf54.jpg?v=1680810461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plato-papers-peter-ackroyd-9780385497695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}