{"product_id":"interlibrary-loan-9781250242679","title":"Interlibrary Loan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterlibrary Loan \u003c\/i\u003eis the brilliant follow-up to \u003ci\u003eA Borrowed Man\u003c\/i\u003e: the final work of fiction from multi-award winner and national literary treasure Gene Wolfe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Locus Award Finalist!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHundreds of years in the future our civilization is shrunk down but we go on. There is advanced technology, there are robots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd there are clones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eE. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs such, Smithe can be loaned to other branches. Which he is. Along with two fellow reclones, a cookbook and romance writer, they are shipped to Polly's Cove, where Smithe meets a little girl who wants to save her mother, a father who is dead but perhaps not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd another E. A. Smithe... who definitely is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250242679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Gene Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41229676118197,"sku":"9781250242679","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_50ad83c5-f031-44b5-91f6-fedf859d37fc.jpg?v=1634042224","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/interlibrary-loan-9781250242679","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}