{"product_id":"dear-cyborgs","title":"Dear Cyborgs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Fiction Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Staff Favorite Book of 2017, and one of \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's \"Looking Back on 2017: Literature\" Selections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wondrous . . . [A] sense of the erratic and tangential quality of everyday life--even if it's displaced into a bizarre, parallel world--drifts off the page, into the world you see, after reading \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small Midwestern town, two Asian American boys bond over their outcast status and a mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile, in an alternative or perhaps future universe, a team of superheroes ponder modern society during their time off. Between black-ops missions and rescuing hostages, they swap stories of artistic malaise and muse on the seemingly inescapable grip of market economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGleefully toying with the conventions of the novel, \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together the story of a friendship's dissolution with a provocative and timely meditation on protest. Through a series of linked monologues, a lively cast of characters explores narratives of resistance--protest art, eco-terrorists, Occupy squatters, pyromaniacal militants--and the extent to which any of these can truly withstand and influence the cold demands of contemporary capitalism. All the while, a mysterious cybernetic book of clairvoyance beckons, and trusted allies start to disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques, Eugene Lim's \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eis a fleet-footed literary exploration of power, friendship, and creativity. Ambitious and knowing, it combines detective pulps, subversive philosophy, and Hollywood chase scenes, unfolding like the composites and revelations of a dream.","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947275845863,"sku":"9780374537111","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_ce1fc522-23c4-47b7-aa86-426c50b00c1a.jpg?v=1775485732","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/dear-cyborgs","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}