{"product_id":"distraction","title":"Distraction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is a very smart, very funny book\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Locus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnthralling and subversive\"\u003c\/b\u003e - SF Commentary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excellent piece of future-gazing\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Amazon Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Oscar Valpariso - always impeccably dressed - is only half human, but he''s 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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483446550901,"sku":"9781399640381","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399640381.jpg?v=1786178611","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/distraction","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}