{"product_id":"the-visible-man-9781439184479","title":"The Visible Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl\u003c\/i\u003e, \"the Ethicist\" of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his second novel--an imaginative page-turner about a therapist and her unusual patient, a man who can render himself invisible.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTherapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. As he slowly reveals himself, Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. He says he uses this ability to observe random individuals within their daily lives, usually when they are alone and vulnerable. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient and the disclosure of his increasingly bizarre and disturbing tales. Over time, it threatens her career, her marriage, and her own identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed with notes, correspondence, and transcriptions that catalog a relationship based on curiosity and fear, \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man \u003c\/i\u003etouches on all of Chuck Klosterman's favorite themes--the consequence of culture, the influence of media, the complexity of voyeurism, and the existential contradiction of normalcy. Is this comedy, criticism, or horror? Not even Y__ seems to know for sure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including \u003ci\u003eThe Nineties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBut What If We're Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e) and fiction (\u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRaised in Captivity\u003c\/i\u003e). He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645526872338,"sku":"9781439184479","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a46544c4-aaec-4f7a-b647-2a7fad51aee9.jpg?v=1733154838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-visible-man-9781439184479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}