{"product_id":"9780720618396","title":"The Black Box","description":"Author: Alek Popov\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780720618396\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Peter Owen Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;In 1990 two Bulgarian brothers, Ned and Ango, receive an unusual package from the\u0026amp;nbsp;USA: a black plastic box containing the ashes of their late father, a professor allowed\u0026amp;nbsp;out of communist Bulgaria to teach in the USA during the 1980s.\u0026amp;nbsp;However, the brothers are left with a nagging sense that something is not quite\u0026amp;nbsp;right. Since neither of them has seen the body they begin to doubt if he is he really\u0026amp;nbsp;dead. But if the death had been faked, why? Fifteen years later, as the brothers forge\u0026amp;nbsp;new and very different lives (Ned a management consultant; Ango a dog walker to\u0026amp;nbsp;the rich) in their new home in New York, some answers begin to emerge . . .\u0026amp;nbsp;A darkly comic tale of disillusionment, The Black Box\u0026amp;nbsp; explores the nature and\u0026amp;nbsp;logic of our Western neo-liberal capitalist system and how so many of us are all\u0026amp;nbsp;driven to acts of greed, imprudence and recklessness in the pursuit of money and\u0026amp;nbsp;wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814059987102,"sku":"ADS-9780720618396","price":21.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780720618396.jpg?v=1778333427","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780720618396","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}