{"product_id":"everything-must-go","title":"Everything Must Go","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e to the HBO’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Will make you happy to be alive and reading – until the lights go out . . . Brilliant'' – \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Clever and voluminous . . . So engagingly plotted and written’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched superintelligent AI wage war on humanity in \u003ci\u003eThe Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J. G. Ballard’s \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned World\u003c\/i\u003e, art, literature and politics were all haunted by recurring visions of apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e – a colourful, witty and stirring cultural history of the modern world that weaves in politics, history and science – Dorian Lynskey explores the endings that we have read, listened to, or watched with morbid fascination, from the sci-fi terrors of H. G. Wells and John Wyndham to the apocalyptic ballads of Bob Dylan and planet-shattering movie blockbusters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether we’re fantasizing about nuclear holocaust or a collision with an asteroid, a devastating pandemic or a robot revolution, why do we like to scare ourselves, and why do we keep coming back for more? And how do fictional premonitions of the end play into real-life responses to existential threats?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply illuminating about our past and our present, and surprisingly hopeful about our future, \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e will grip you from beginning to, well, end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I was blown away by this book'' – Sathnam Sanghera, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound'' – Ian Dunt, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Westminster Works \u003c\/i\u003e. . . \u003ci\u003eand Why It Doesn''t\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395232964990,"sku":"NW9781529095951","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529095951.jpg?v=1778604188","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/everything-must-go","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}