{"product_id":"ratners-star","title":"Ratner's Star","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRatner's Star\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDon Delillo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780679722922\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1989\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His most spectacularly inventive novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Ratner's Star | Don Delillo | Paperback | 9780679722922 | New | Fiction 1693490","offer_id":48165237555352,"sku":"1693490","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61DjEsxjmEL.jpg?v=1771917804","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/ratners-star","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}