{"product_id":"not-the-end-of-the-world-9780802139153","title":"Not the End of the World","description":"The Guardian (London) has called comic-thriller writer Christopher Brookmyre \"the next star of the genre\". His American debut, Not the End of the World, is a fast and furious novel set in Los Angeles at the near side of the millennium, at a point when the world is about to spin out of control -- and maybe out of existence. When an oceanic research vessel is discovered with all of its crew vanished, it sets off a chain of events that pulls Lt. Larry Freeman of the LAPD out of the ho-hum assignment of overseeing the security for a B-movie film festival and headlong into a frenzied race to stop a terrorist plot. Along the way he must contend with aging porn stars, rabid evangelical Christians, a mysterious Glaswegian photographer, and an unknown agenda, all in a frenzied -- and ultimately hysterical-race against time. \"Imagine Day of the Locust updated and rewritten by Carl Hiaasen. ... Good solid fun.\" -- Kirkus Reviews \"Perpetually in-your-face: sassy, irreverent, and stylish ...  with] a high-octane sense of the absurd.\" -- The Times (London) \"Very violent, very funny ... comedy with a political edge, which you take gleefully in one gulp.\" -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802139153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"Christopher Brookmyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643435577500,"sku":"9780802139153","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_34b260a9-f027-4875-9453-cfc9556c43d0.jpg?v=1603856612","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/not-the-end-of-the-world-9780802139153","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}