{"product_id":"square-wave-9781919639802","title":"Square Wave","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican democracy is on its knees. The upcoming election could well be the last and the nation is braced for internal conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, on urban patrol, a nightwatchman discovers the latest in a series of prostitutes beaten and left for dead by a mysterious assailant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, his research into his family's past leads him to Sri Lanka under colonialism, with all its echoes of factional divisions and authoritarian rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, his colleague is implicated in a scheme to reverse-engineer storm dispersal technology and weaponise the weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, meanwhile, meanwhile: from its basis in a dystopian future and its focus on one man in pursuit of another, Square Wave expands its scope and expands again-into history, musicology, geopolitics-to observe the varieties of decay that emerge from the militarisation of the human mind. The result is a novel that KCRW's Michael Silverblatt calls \"the most extraordinary debut in fiction that I've encountered in many years... even when I had to suspend comprehension and travel beyond my comfort zone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Silva, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark de Silva is the author of two novels, Square Wave and The Logos, as well as the essay collection Points of Attack.","brand":"Splice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387038929170,"sku":"9781919639802","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e67193a1-1abd-410f-8e4e-2252d118bcb1.jpg?v=1751362170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/square-wave-9781919639802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}