{"product_id":"against-the-day-9780099512332","title":"Against the Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning the period between the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I  Against the Day moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York to London and Gottingen  Venice and Vienna  the Balkans  Central Asia  Siberia at the time of the mysterious Tunguska Event  Mexico during the revolution  Paris  silent-era Hollywood  and one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all. With a worldwide disaster looming just a few years ahead  it is a time of unrestrained corporate greed  false religiosity  moronic fecklessness  and evil intent in high places. Meanwhile  Thomas Pynchon is up to his usual business. Characters stop what theyre doing to sing what are for the most part stupid songs. Strange sexual practices take place. Obscure languages are spoken  not always idiomatically. Contrary-to-fact occurrences occur. Maybe its not the world  but with a minor adjustment or two its what the world might be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665886863413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0099512335","price":39.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780099512332.jpg?v=1782412733","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/against-the-day-9780099512332","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}