{"product_id":"9781552454329","title":"The Agents","description":"Author: Gregoire Courtois\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781552454329\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emeets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, via\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, in this boldly dystopian novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe agents don't know what they're agents of, but they're very busy agenting, which means watching endless data feeds in their cubicles, cubicles that are piled one on top of another in a massive tower in which the agents both live and work. Empty floors serve as battlefields where different guilds of agents fight for territory. It seems that defenestration is the only way out, the 'ballet of suicides.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is here we meet Theodore, who has amputated his own toes and must maintain a 30-degree angle to keep his balance. And Solveig, who is pregnant, though agents don't usually have sex, as well as the artist Lazslo and self-mutilating Clara. And then there's Hick, the new agent, who seems strangely happy and occupies a cubicle that is strategically very important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe battle for key territory is heating up, and the agents aren't sure which of them will make it out alive. If, indeed, that's what any of them want...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e turns his hand from literary horror to futuristic dystopianism in this unforgettable marriage between \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTron\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830036975774,"sku":"ADS-9781552454329","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781552454329.jpg?v=1778558685","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781552454329","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}