{"product_id":"invasion-of-the-spirit-people-by-juan-pablo-villalobos-9781913505363","title":"Invasion of the Spirit People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe future belongs to the migrant, the outsider, the foreigner. Long live our alien masters!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvasion of the Spirit People\u003c\/em\u003e, Juan Pablo Villalobos's fifth novel, adopts a gentle, fable-like tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed city, occupied by an unnamed world power, an immigrant named Gastón makes his living selling exotic vegetables to eateries around the city. He has a dog called Kitten, who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a good friend called Max, who's in a deep depression after being forced to close his restaurant. Meanwhile, Max's son, Pol, a scientist away on a scientific expedition into the Arctic, can offer little support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGastón begins a quest, or rather three: he must search for someone to put his dog to sleep humanely; he must find a space in which to open a new restaurant with Max; and he must look into the truth behind the news being sent back by Pol: that human life may be the by-product of an ancient alien attempt at colonisation... and those aliens might intend to make a return visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486135632108,"sku":"9781913505363","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/979d91f696e36ac0abb5a032c5834075.jpg?v=1775780317","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/invasion-of-the-spirit-people-by-juan-pablo-villalobos-9781913505363","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}