{"product_id":"friend-of-the-earth-book-t-c-boyle-9781526608918","title":"A Friend of the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A comedy with teeth ... razor sharp and darkly funny' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(TIMES)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Boyle's prose is so good and his imagination so fertile that after a while you just sit back and are swept along' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(TELEGRAPH)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Surreal, daring and compassionate. Easily one of the best books of the year' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(MAIL)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superb ... if Boyle was from this side of the pond, this is the book they'd all have to beat for the Booker Prize' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e(SUNDAY TIMES)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 2025, and 75-year-old environmentalist and retired eco-terrorist Ty Tierwater is eking out a bleak living managing a pop star's private zoo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the last one in southern California, and vital for the cloning of its captive species. Once, Ty was so serious about environmental causes that as a radical activist committed to \u003ci\u003eEarth Forever! \u003c\/i\u003ehe endangered the lives of both his daughter, Sierra, and his wife, Andrea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, when he's just trying to survive  in a world cursed by storm and drought, Andrea re-enters his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrightening, funny, surreal and gripping, T.C. Boyle's story is both a modern morality tale, and a provocative vision of the future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49712024715537,"sku":"GOR009816829","price":3.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49734142689553,"sku":"NGR9781526608918","price":9.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50154287399185,"sku":"GOR009799939","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52615327580433,"sku":"NLS9781526608918","price":8.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53195928633617,"sku":"GOR014801698","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53668105715985,"sku":"CIN152660891XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/152660891X.jpg?v=1786614321","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/friend-of-the-earth-book-t-c-boyle-9781526608918","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}