{"product_id":"kings-of-infinite-space-9780312319663","title":"Kings of Infinite Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely witty...thoroughly entertaining.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Trilby is having a bad day. If he were to be honest with himself, Paul Trilby would have to admit that he's having a bad life. His wife left him. Three subsequent girlfriends left him. He's fallen from a top-notch university teaching job, to a textbook publisher, to, eventually, working as a temp writer for the Texas Department of General Services. And even here, in this land of carpeted partitions and cheap lighting fixtures, Paul cannot escape the curse his life has become. For it is not until he begins a tentative romance with the office's sassy mail girl that he begins to notice things are truly wrong. Strange sounds come from the air conditioning vents, the ceiling bulges, a body disappears. Mysterious men lurk about town, wearing thick glasses and pocket protectors... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKings of Infinite Space is a hilarious and horrifying spoof on our everyday lives and gives true voice to the old adage, \"Work is Hell.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Hynes is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Lecturer's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWild Colonial Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the stories \u003ci\u003ePublish \u0026amp; Perish\u003c\/i\u003e (all New York Times Notable Books of the Year). He lives in Austin, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410198761746,"sku":"9780312319663","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_afb0440e-264d-4276-a9a1-b2b548bf2cd4.jpg?v=1729303099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kings-of-infinite-space-9780312319663","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}