{"product_id":"states-of-man-hardcover","title":"States of Man - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGareth Cadwallader\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. A. Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by), \u003cb\u003eSteve Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, nostalgic, romantic, funny, absurd, magically real, speculative, ironic, nightmarish, entertaining and elegantly rendered...these stories span a century of Man's consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce, a man might be a Gatsby chasing his girl half-way around the world, the captain of a football World Cup winning side, a raging Picasso bull in a mythical maze refusing to yield lover or art till his last mortality-defiant egotistic gasp. Straightforward enough choices, dreams, behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly he is man interrupted, underwhelmed, overworked, ridiculed, young, rock-solid or unreliable family man, father, husband, friend; his freedom evaporates: he's globe-trotting inbox-fatigued nonsense-hearing corporate, military civil-serving quiet ministry of Everyman. He's so exasperated he might just run away and prop up a bar, or contemplate mild treachery just to get by, and he's put-upon, boy is he put upon, as he zigzags over #TimesUp, political correctness, game theory, oh... and... the women in his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow here he stands staring down the barrel of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Century - he's superman, he's transhuman, he's disassembling, he's nearly done for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...or is he?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47501616939186,"sku":"9781916101197","price":31.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f23471b833c012028b1cf85d8b737d1c.webp?v=1779445736","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/states-of-man-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}