{"product_id":"the-visible-man-9781439184479","title":"The Visible Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl\u003c\/i\u003e, \"the Ethicist\" of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his second novel--an imaginative page-turner about a therapist and her unusual patient, a man who can render himself invisible.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTherapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. As he slowly reveals himself, Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. He says he uses this ability to observe random individuals within their daily lives, usually when they are alone and vulnerable. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient and the disclosure of his increasingly bizarre and disturbing tales. Over time, it threatens her career, her marriage, and her own identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed with notes, correspondence, and transcriptions that catalog a relationship based on curiosity and fear, \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man \u003c\/i\u003etouches on all of Chuck Klosterman's favorite themes--the consequence of culture, the influence of media, the complexity of voyeurism, and the existential contradiction of normalcy. Is this comedy, criticism, or horror? Not even Y__ seems to know for sure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439184479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Chuck Klosterman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253605961909,"sku":"9781439184479","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1974eec4-d770-4f50-82d6-899b1650c100.jpg?v=1656387925","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-visible-man-9781439184479","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}