{"product_id":"9781913505363","title":"Invasion of the Spirit People","description":"Author: Juan Pablo Villalobos\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781913505363\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Dec 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future belongs to the migrant, the outsider, the foreigner. Long live our alien masters!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Pablo Villalobos's fifth novel adopts a gentle, fable-like tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed city, occupied by an unnamed world power, an immigrant named Gastn makes his living selling exotic vegetables to eateries around the city. He has a dog called Kitten, who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a good friend called Max, who's in a deep depression after being forced to close his restaurant. Meanwhile, Max's son, Pol, a scientist away on a scientific expedition into the Arctic, can offer little support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGastn begins a quest, or rather three: he must search for someone to put his dog to sleep humanely; he must find a space in which to open a new restaurant with Max; and he must look into the truth behind the news being sent back by Pol: that human life may be the by-product of an ancient alien attempt at colonisation...and those aliens might intend to make a return visit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861470859422,"sku":"ADS-9781913505363","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781913505363.jpg?v=1779252350","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781913505363","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}