{"product_id":"mao-ii-9780140152746","title":"Mao II","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the National Book Award) and \u003ci\u003eThe Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound novel about art, terror, masses, and the individual from \"one of the most intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover--and Bill's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen. \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140152746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.13w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/1992\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Don Delillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634745241756,"sku":"9780140152746","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b40621ba-55c0-4cdc-98a4-9e697ec7199d.jpg?v=1603837542","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mao-ii-9780140152746","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}