{"product_id":"a-friend-of-the-earth-9780141002057","title":"A Friend of the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e comes an \"entertaining and informative\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about global warming and ecological collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Funny and touching, antic and affecting . . . while Boyle's humor is as black as ever, he demonstrates that satire can coexist with psychological realism, comedy with compassion.\"--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed, and most mammals--not to mention fish, birds, and frogs--are extinct. Tyrone Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in southern California, managing a pop star's private menagerie that \"only a mother could love\"--scruffy hyenas, jackals, warthogs, and three down-at-the-mouth lions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt wasn't always like this for Ty. Once he was a passionate environmentalist, so committed to saving the earth that he became an eco-terrorist and, ultimately, a convicted felon. As a member of the radical group Earth Forever!, he unwittingly endangered both his daughter, Sierra, and his wife, Andrea. Now, just when he's trying to survive in a world torn by obdurate storms and winnowing drought, Andrea comes back into his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending idealism and satire, \u003ci\u003eA Friend of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the ultimate questions of human love and the survival of the species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eT.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the late 1970s, he has published sixteen novels and ten collections of short stories. He won the PEN\/Faulkner award in 1988 for his novel \u003ci\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Prix Médicis étranger for \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e in 1995; his 2003 novel \u003ci\u003eDrop City\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award. His honors include the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, the Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing, and the Rea Award for the Short Story. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California and lives in Santa Barbara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409678962962,"sku":"9780141002057","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be55fa57-cd32-42a9-9857-39f61f039abe.jpg?v=1729292557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-friend-of-the-earth-9780141002057","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}