{"product_id":"the-last-man-by-mary-shelley-9781454948131","title":"The Last Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the first dystopian novels ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e traces the impact of an unstoppable pandemic as it slowly overtakes the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the year 2073, the story follows Lionel Vesey—the titular last man—and his circle of friends as the disease creeps from continent to continent and erodes the foundations of civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1826, after the death of Shelley's husband, her stepsister, and her two children, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e is both an eerily accurate story about humanity wrestling with disaster and a moving fable about surviving personal grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47371531354348,"sku":"9781454948131","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/133573482706.jpg?v=1773228099","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-last-man-by-mary-shelley-9781454948131","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}