{"product_id":"the-agents-paperback","title":"The Agents - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrégoire Courtois\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eTron\u003c\/i\u003e, via \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, in this boldly dystopian novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe agents don't know what they're agents of, but they're very busy agenting, which means watching endless data feeds in their cubicles, cubicles that are piled one on top of another in a massive tower in which the agents both live and work. Empty floors serve as battlefields where different guilds of agents fight for territory. It seems that defenestration is the only way out, the 'ballet of suicides.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is here we meet Théodore, who has amputated his own toes and must maintain a 30-degree angle to keep his balance. And Solveig, who is pregnant, though agents don't usually have sex, as well as the artist Lazslo and self-mutilating Clara. And then there's Hick, the new agent, who seems strangely happy and occupies a cubicle that is strategically very important.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe battle for key territory is heating up, and the agents aren't sure which of them will make it out alive. If, indeed, that's what any of them want...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e turns his hand from literary horror to futuristic dystopianism in this unforgettable marriage between \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTron\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Unflinching in its savagery, the nightmarish poetry of this modern Lord of the Flies is undeniable.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e starred review on \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A haunting book, if you can keep reading.\" --\u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Law of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is not an easy book to digest . . . but I found it exhilarating to read a novel that's this unflinching, this nihilistic, and also this deeply profound.\" --\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699177394239,"sku":"9781552454329","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/392066051f65da38ca611001e51171b3.webp?v=1765012718","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-agents-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}