{"product_id":"pastoralia-book-george-saunders-9781408870532","title":"Pastoralia","description":"‘Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic and funny - telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times' Thomas Pynchon  In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America.  A couple live and work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence.  A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people who are ‘crapping in your oatmeal'.  And a male exotic dancer and his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave.  With an uncanny combination of deadpan naturalism and uproarious humour, George Saunders creates a world that is both indelibly original and yet hauntingly familiar ...","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49525074657553,"sku":"GOR008937969","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49730060091665,"sku":"NGR9781408870532","price":13.29,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50461343547665,"sku":"GOR009714613","price":13.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50654073192721,"sku":"GOR011617653","price":10.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50898136531217,"sku":"GOR009382155","price":10.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52116901003537,"sku":"CIN1408870533G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52660042891537,"sku":"NLS9781408870532","price":12.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1408870533.jpg?v=1750825962","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/pastoralia-book-george-saunders-9781408870532","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}