{"product_id":"9781783523184","title":"Epic Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpic Space \u003c\/i\u003eis a hilarious take on contemporary culture as viewed through the twisted prism of ‘Martin’, amoral architectural consultant with a penchant for a long lunch and powerful friends, including members of the Cabinet and HRH the Prince of Wales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in weekly diary form, Martin’s world is a mad and woozy version of our own: one in which Martin and his friend, the nanofuturologist Beansy, can invent Kryptogel – a new building material developed using ‘hard air’. It’s a world where the property wing of the Church of England builds buy-to-let almshouses while ‘bouncy mega-mosques’ have helium-stiffened minarets. An arts correspondent is sacked by a Sunday newspaper and replaced with his own overdressed architectural dachshund. Soot becomes a valuable stock market commodity. A hipster skyscraper is called the Blard. And an ambitious plan is hatched to turn the North around so that it faces south. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig questions are asked: \u003ci\u003eIs Texture The New Fragrance? Is Modern Modernism Just Post-Modernism But With A Neo-Modernistic Coat On? How Fat is Your Faceprint? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, reassuringly, there are still plenty of boozy lunches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165372170480,"sku":"9781783523184","price":26.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783523184_p0.jpg?v=1763724552","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783523184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}