{"product_id":"cosmopolis","title":"Cosmopolis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He''s on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he finds the city at a virtual standstill because the President is visiting, a rapper''s funeral is proceeding, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Most worryingly, Eric''s bodyguards are concerned that he may be a target . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An electrifying study in affectlessness, infused with deep cynicism and measured detachment; a harsh indictment of the life-denying tendencies of capitalism; as brutal a dissection of the American dream as Wolfe''s \u003ci\u003eBonfire\u003c\/i\u003e or Ellis''s \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e, Don DeLillo''s \u003ci\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e is a caustic prophecy all too quickly realized.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319190462846,"sku":"NW9780330524933","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780330524933.jpg?v=1778693875","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/cosmopolis","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}