{"product_id":"9781529092110","title":"Mao II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.   Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut.   As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover - and Bill's.   An extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen.   Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45459198247133,"sku":"9781529092110","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529092110.jpg?v=1719964805","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529092110","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}