{"product_id":"the-ruiners-9781646223503","title":"The Ruiners","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sexy, cerebral eco-thriller following a young couple who purchase a decrepit house on an environmentally ravaged Greek island, to disastrous personal and political consequences\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePip's life is going nowhere. A twenty-nine-year-old waitress with a dead-end job at a lobster restaurant in Melbourne, she discovers her long-absent father has died, leaving her both an orphan and fifty -thousand dollars richer. Pip's new boyfriend, Sasha, a dashing young scholar of Balkan fiction, convinces her to spend the money on a house in Greece. Swept up in their romance, Pip buys a crumbling fixer-upper on the one economically distressed island she can afford. But instead of landing on a bohemian island idyll, the couple and their friends find themselves enmeshed in an environmental struggle that brings the mistakes of the past--and new betrayals--into sharp relief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sharp, funny, and deeply felt consideration of global capitalism and its misdoings, T\u003ci\u003ehe Ruiners\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of an exciting new talent in literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646223503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2026 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ellena Savage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458884821173,"sku":"9781646223503","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781646223503.jpg?v=1791297499","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ruiners-9781646223503","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}