{"product_id":"muscle-man-1","title":"Muscle Man","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMuscle Man\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJordan Castro\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781646222773\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCatapult\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious, suspenseful metaphysical thriller following a day in the life of an English professor who would rather be lifting weights from the author of the cult hit \u003ci\u003eThe Novelist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarold, a middling literature professor at a liberal arts college, lives in a state of dissatisfaction and fear. His colleagues and students evoke nothing but disgust and disdain. None of them understand strength, power, and spiritual actualization like he does. His university's campus--seemingly picturesque--constantly threatens to reveal something sinister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of a single afternoon, he wanders the halls, sits in meetings, steals from a student, and goes to the gym--all while reflecting on his professional and existential situation. With every line of Harold's frenetic consciousness, his mundane routine transforms into something more foreboding, culminating in an ingenious twist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly imagined and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eMuscle Man\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a critique of resentment and contemporary masculinity as a satire on the state of higher education, exploring weakness and strength, rationality and irrationality, the spirit and the flesh, and the individual and the collective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his minute-to-minute occupation of Harold's existential disquietude, Castro imbues the novel's philosophical inquiries with thrilling suspense. Is Harold a raving lunatic whose disdain stems from his own perilous inadequacies, or is there something truly sinister about his colleagues? When all is said and done, is strength a virtue, or a mirage?\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Muscle Man | Jordan Castro | Hardcover | 9781646222773 | Used: Good | Back Stacks R 1782026","offer_id":49981546659992,"sku":"1782026","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71kPZHnXKGL_d7bb0283-0fac-4d4d-b9a9-e7ef9ae95101.jpg?v=1790183634","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/muscle-man-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}