{"product_id":"red-pill-a-novel","title":"Red Pill: A novel","description":"ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2020\nONE OF NPR's BEST BOOKS OF 2020\nONE OF THE A.V. CLUB'S 15 FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020\n\nFrom the widely acclaimed author of White Tears, a bold new novel about searching for order in a world that frames madness as truth.\n\nAfter receiving a prestigious writing fellowship in Germany, the narrator of Red Pill arrives in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee and struggles to accomplish anything at all. Instead of working on the book he has proposed to write, he takes long walks and binge-watches Blue Lives--a violent cop show that becomes weirdly compelling in its bleak, Darwinian view of life--and soon begins to wonder if his writing has any value at all.\n\nWannsee is a place full of ghosts: Across the lake, the narrator can see the villa where the Nazis planned the Final Solution, and in his walks he passes the grave of the Romantic writer Heinrich von Kleist, who killed himself after deciding that \"no happiness was possible here on earth.\" When some friends drag him to a party where he meets Anton, the creator of Blue Lives, the narrator begins to believe that the two of them are involved in a cosmic battle, and that Anton is \"red-pilling\" his viewers--turning them toward an ugly, alt-rightish worldview--ultimately forcing the narrator to wonder if he is losing his mind.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0451493710\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0451493710.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kunzru, Hari\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48012255002801,"sku":"RDV.0451493710.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0451493710-0.jpg?v=1791486796","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/red-pill-a-novel","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}