{"product_id":"gods-without-men-9780307946973","title":"Gods Without Men","description":"Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power. Before Raj reappears-- inexplicably unharmed, but not unchanged--the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, both past and present, who have traveled through this odd, remote town in the shadow of a mysterious rock formation known as the Pinnacles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong them are an 18th-century Spanish missionary, a former WWII aviation engineer turned desert-cult messiah, and an incognito rock star on the run. As their stories collide and build upon one another, \u003ci\u003eGods Without Men\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a heartfelt exploration of the search for meaning in a chaotic universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHari Kunzru\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Impressionist, Transmission, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e My Revolutions, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Betty Trask Prize from the Society of Authors, a British Book Award, and the Pushcart Prize. \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003ehas named him one of its twenty best young British novelists, and he was a Fellow at the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages, and his short stories and journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books, Wired, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e New Statesman. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.harikunzru.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565615943954,"sku":"9780307946973","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84be8367-9c89-4031-9da6-62a32fbcc28d.jpg?v=1731886835","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gods-without-men-9780307946973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}