{"product_id":"9780679722922","title":"Ratner's Star","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDeLillo, Don\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/17\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of DeLillo's first novels, \u003ci\u003eRatner's Star \u003c\/i\u003efollows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. \u003ci\u003eRatner's Star\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like \u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"His most spectacularly inventive novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412702134527,"sku":"9780679722922","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780679722922_s600x595.jpg?v=1775593950","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780679722922","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}