{"product_id":"distraction-by-bruce-sterling-9781399640381","title":"Distraction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a very smart, very funny book\u003c\/em\u003e - Locus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnthralling and subversive\u003c\/em\u003e - SF Commentary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn excellent piece of future-gazing\u003c\/em\u003e - Amazon Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Dutch Cold War is in full swing. The US is a shadow of its former self - its infrastructure is failing, and nomadic tribes roam freely among the states, living by no rules but their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Valpariso - always impeccably dressed - is only half human, but he's a master political strategist to potentially the next president. If he can straighten out his love life, gain control of a high-tech scientific facility, and solve a worldwide crisis that only he's noticed, America should be ripe for the taking...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734227108076,"sku":"9781399640381","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399640381-distraction.jpg?v=1781217896","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/distraction-by-bruce-sterling-9781399640381","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}