{"product_id":"the-rhyl-poster-9798896230915","title":"The Rhyl Poster","description":"\u003cb\u003eA political and legal thriller about money and power--featuring mind-altering substances, shadowy power players, and EU politics--by the author of \u003ci\u003eRemainder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSatin Island\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Stanton embodies both the promise and the peril of the twenty-first century. A brilliant legal theorist working behind the scenes at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, his interpretations, drafts, and opinions as good as make the laws that shape the lives of millions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a conference in the Swiss Alps, Stanton encounters the enigmatic Pirotti, who introduces him to the small blue pills that soothe the pain of a Gulf War wound that still troubles him. Soon, addicted to these \u003ci\u003epetits bleus\u003c\/i\u003e, he starts experiencing visions of sublime nerve-rays conjoining all humanity in a great web of righteous, divine benevolence. He also finds himself passing out Court documents to Pirotti and his associates. Entrusted by the Court with the drafting of a landmark ruling, Stanton instead turns to preparing a sprawling, revelatory document that will destroy the world that he and his colleagues have labored to build, the better to bring into view the new law, the new dispensation that the era so desperately craves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ultramodern parable, in which the tormented descendants of Dostoyevsky and Conrad are cast adrift in the game space of \u003ci\u003eGrand Theft Auto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhyl Poster\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about the incalculable substance of the self, the burden of historical and individual guilt, and the elusive, but very real, dream of justice. Tom McCarthy's new novel is a work of high style, unsettling lyricism, and brilliant invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241129992373,"sku":"9798896230915","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-rhyl-poster-9798896230915","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}