{"product_id":"the-humans-by-matt-haig-9781476730592","title":"The Humans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a \"silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful\" (\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e) novel that's \"full of heart\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete the gruesome task assigned to him and hurry home to his own utopian planet, where everyone is omniscient and immortal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, and is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realise there may be more to this strange species than he had thought. Disguised as Martin, he drinks wine, reads poetry, develops an ear for rock music, and a taste for peanut butter. Slowly, unexpectedly, he forges bonds with Martin's family. He begins to see hope and beauty in the humans' imperfection, and begins to question the very mission that brought him there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraised by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a \"novelist of great seriousness and talent,\" author Matt Haig delivers an unlikely story about human nature and the joy found in the messiness of life on Earth. \u003ci\u003eThe Humans\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, compulsively readable tale that playfully and movingly explores the ultimate subject—ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643344175340,"sku":"9781476730592","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3c855948175c3a2e7e68d5bf7923ac9a.jpg?v=1779228459","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-humans-by-matt-haig-9781476730592","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}