{"product_id":"mostly-hero-9780571399727","title":"Mostly Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eMILKMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStill eighty-two, still with fifty-seven bullets in her, still dying, and with a blood-trail resembling a post-structuralist anti-principle of a traditional abstracted countercomposition, she was softly cursing and willing herself not to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow Hero the superhero as he saves the world from villains and falls in love with a femme fatale named Femme Fatale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Anna Burns before she completed her dazzling Booker-winning novel \u003ci\u003eMilkman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMostly Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious, witty, hell-raising romp through a world of superheroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This crazy little nugget from the winner of the Booker prize for \u003ci\u003eMilkman\u003c\/i\u003e is a brutal satire of the superhero phenomenon. It ridicules the mindlessness of violence and the glorification of the same in popular culture, and that with a touch of feminism.\"\u003cb\u003e***** reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Out of the ordinary, extraordinary. This is unlike anything.\"\u003cb\u003e ***** reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"SOOOO WEIRD. SOOOO CRAZY. SOOOO BRILLIANT\"\u003cb\u003e ***** reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571399727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anna Burns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52379438874805,"sku":"9780571399727","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a16571f6-0c38-4a86-ba30-b3560558164d.jpg?v=1774372911","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mostly-hero-9780571399727","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}