{"product_id":"cosmopolis-von-don-delillo-5","title":"Cosmopolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant excursion into the decadence of contemporary culture' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He's on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he finds the city at a virtual standstill because the President is visiting, a rapper's funeral is proceeding, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Most worryingly, Eric's bodyguards are concerned that he may be a target . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An electrifying study in affectlessness, infused with deep cynicism and measured detachment; a harsh indictment of the life-denying tendencies of capitalism; as brutal a dissection of the American dream as Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eBonfire\u003c\/i\u003e or Ellis's \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e is a caustic prophecy all too quickly realized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A prose-poem about New York . . . DeLillo has always been good at telling us where we're heading . . . we ignore him at our peril' Blake Morrison, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780330524933\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780330524933","offer_id":39414356836445,"sku":"9780330524933","price":11.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/14748e16-58ad-4355-a51c-8a2aef11fdd6.jpg?v=1780718595","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/cosmopolis-von-don-delillo-5","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}