{"product_id":"the-echo-chamber-9781529176742","title":"The Echo Chamber","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies \u003c\/i\u003eand powered with the Boyne's characteristic humor and razor-sharp observation, \u003ci\u003eThe Echo Chamber \u003c\/i\u003eis a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity, and oblivion\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass, and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realizing how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words), his wife Beverley, a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like), and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together they will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant. Along the way they will learn how volatile, how outraged, how unforgiving the world can be when you step from the proscribed path. To err is maybe to be human but to really foul things up you only need a phone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel\u003ci\u003e The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas\u003c\/i\u003e has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and opera. His many international bestsellers include \u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e A Ladder to the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won three Irish Book Awards, along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in over fifty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642911199506,"sku":"9781529176742","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3178068d-cc96-4c16-8d25-0612a9370b52.jpg?v=1733073945","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-echo-chamber-9781529176742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}