{"product_id":"havana-year-zero","title":"Havana Year Zero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSex, lies, and scientific history collide in 1993 Havana.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was as if we'd reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That's how low we sank.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, this is Year Zero: the lowest possible point. But a way out appears: the search for a missing document that will prove the telephone was invented in Havana, secure her reputation, and give Cuba a purpose once more. What begins as an investigation into scientific history becomes a tangle of sex, friendship, family legacies, and the intricacies of how people find ways to survive in a country at its lowest ebb.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947296719079,"sku":"9781913867003","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_03205450-c037-4392-a772-ae373c167995.jpg?v=1775486237","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/havana-year-zero","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}