{"product_id":"the-book-of-dave-9780802129260","title":"The Book of Dave","description":"One of Will Self's best-loved novels, newly reissued by Grove, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dave\u003c\/i\u003e begins when East End cabdriver Dave Rudman's wife takes from him his only son. In response, Dave pens a savage jeremiad against the contemporary world that filters his fearful bigotry through religious mania, with a generous dose of the London cabby's unique knowledge of the sprawling city. Dave buries the book in his ex-wife's Hampstead backyard, intending it for his son, Carl, when he comes of age. Five hundred years later, Dave's book is found by the inhabitants of Ham, a primitive archipelago in post-apocalyptic London, where it becomes a sacred text of biblical proportions and the template for a new civilization. \u003cp\u003e Equal parts dystopian fantasy, religious allegory, detective story, and tribute to the sometimes fraught relations between fathers and sons, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dave\u003c\/i\u003e is an ingenious meditation upon the nature of religion and a caustic satire of contemporary life.\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 01\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802129260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Will Self","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643409952924,"sku":"9780802129260","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d4eec247-7218-41b1-a570-dedaa3d8527a.jpg?v=1603856576","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-dave-9780802129260","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}