{"product_id":"clear-a-transparent-novel-9780060797577","title":"Clear: A Transparent Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn September 5, 2003, illusionist David Blaine entered a small Perspex box adjacent to London's Thames River and began starving himself. Forty-four days later, on October 19, he left the box, fifty pounds lighter. That much, at least, is clear. And the rest? The crowds? The chaos? The hype? The rage? The fights? The lust? The filth? The bullshit? The hypocrisy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicola Barker\u003c\/strong\u003e fearlessly crams all that and more into this ribald and outrageous peep show of a novel, her most irreverent, caustic, up-to-the-minute work yet, laying bare the heart of our contemporary world, a world of illusion, delusion, celebrity, and hunger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060797577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2005 pg. 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2005 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2005 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicola Barker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924772065461,"sku":"9780060797577","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9af20e39-9834-485c-b615-6e9a4958498c.jpg?v=1687837959","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clear-a-transparent-novel-9780060797577","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}