{"product_id":"the-mere-future-9781551524245","title":"The Mere Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Clever word craft, poetic political satire and biting humor on every page.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paperback edition of Sarah Schulman's dystopian satire about urban mores set in New York sometime in the future, when the city has morphed into an idealized version of itself: where rent is cheap, homelessness is nonexistent, and the only job left is marketing. But all is not as it seems, culminating in a murder committed by a prominent New Yorker and a resulting trial that transfixes the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKessler Award-winner \u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e's other books include \u003ci\u003eRat Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Child\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTies that Bind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Schulman: Sarah Schulman is the author of fourteen books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eRat Bohemia, Empathy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Child, \u003c\/i\u003e and the non-fiction book \u003ci\u003eTies That Bind: Familial Homophbia and Its Consequences.\u003c\/i\u003e Her many awards include a Guggenheim, Fulbright and the 2009 Kessler Award for her \"Sustained Contribution to LGBT Studies.\" She is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at CUNY, College of Staten Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356202701074,"sku":"9781551524245","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be933ea7-fb7d-4085-b655-fad1b6343053.jpg?v=1728307497","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mere-future-9781551524245","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}