{"product_id":"9780061749773","title":"First Contact, or, It's Later Than You Think","description":"\u003cp\u003e“What a hilarious ride—the übersurreal meets \u003cb\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e —Tim Dorsey, author of \u003cb\u003eNuclear Jellyfish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the bestselling and rightfully cult-inspiring tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams comes \u003cb\u003eFirst Contact—\u003c\/b\u003ean hysterically funny satire about Presidential politics and intergalactic misunderstanding. This smart and biting novel by Evan Mandery—an author equally well-versed in the lives of the U.S. presidents, existential philosophy, and the Simpsons—offers much food for intellectual thought along with an all-you-can-eat buffet of laughs, as it chronicles the first close encounters between earthlings and a \u003cb\u003evastly \u003c\/b\u003esuperior extraterrestrial race from Rigel-Rigel. As the subtitle of \u003cb\u003eFirst Contact \u003c\/b\u003eso presciently informs us, “It’s Later than You Think.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047001440496,"sku":"9780061749773","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061749773_p0.jpg?v=1763771904","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061749773","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}