{"product_id":"the-body-scout-9780316628709","title":"The Body Scout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"timeless and original\" sci-fi thriller (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a hardboiled baseball scout must solve the murder of his brother in a world transformed by body modification, perfect for readers of William Gibson and Max Barry. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003ePick for the Top 50 Sci-Fi Books of All Time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A breathlessly paced techno-thriller characterized by stunning, spiky worldbuilding.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the future you can have any body you want--as long as you can afford it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a New York ravaged by climate change and repeat pandemics, Kobo is barely scraping by. He scouts the latest in gene-edited talent for Big Pharma-owned baseball teams, but his own cybernetics are a decade out of date and twin sister loan sharks are banging down his door. Things couldn't get much worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen his brother--Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz--is murdered at home plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to find the killer, Kobo plunges into a world of genetically modified CEOs, philosophical Neanderthals, and back-alley body modification, only to quickly find he's in a game far bigger and more corrupt than he imagined. To keep himself together while the world is falling apart, he'll have to navigate a time where both body and soul are sold to the highest bidder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiamond-sharp and savagely wry, \u003ci\u003eThe Body Scout\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely science fiction thriller debut set in an all-too-possible future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I devoured it.\" --Jonathan Lethem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Completely weird and still completely real. Delightful--I couldn't put it down.\"--Shea Serrano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLincoln Michel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eUpright Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffee House Press, 2015), which was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e and reviewed in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times; Vanity Fair; O, The Oprah Magazine; Tor.com \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. His fiction and poetry appear in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, Granta, Tin House, Strange Horizons, Vice's Motherboard\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. His essays and criticism have been published by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, GQ, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the co-editor of the science fiction anthology \u003ci\u003eGigantic Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (Gigantic Books 2015), the flash noir anthology \u003ci\u003eTiny Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e (Catapult, 2018), and the forthcoming horror anthology \u003ci\u003eTiny Nightmares\u003c\/i\u003e (Catapult, 2020). He teaches speculative fiction writing in the MFA programs at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717368779026,"sku":"9780316628709","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fdc2c867-3d10-446e-a8e6-ee0ba811fbea.jpg?v=1756797395","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-body-scout-9780316628709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}