{"product_id":"the-new-republic-paperback-1","title":"The New Republic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLionel Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed author Lionel Shriver--author of the National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eSo Much for That\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Post-Birthday World\u003c\/em\u003e, and the vivid psychological novel\u003cem\u003e We Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/em\u003e, now a major motion picture--probes the mystery of charisma in a razor-sharp new novel that teases out the intimate relationship between terrorism and cults of personality, explores what makes certain people so magnetic, and reveals the deep frustrations of feeling overshadowed by a life-of-the-party who may not even be present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shriver is a master of the misanthrope. . . .  A] viciously smart writer.\" --\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisgruntled New York corporate lawyer Edgar Kellogg is more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the excitement and uncertainty of journalism. When he's offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes Barrington Saddler, the disappeared reporter Edgar's been sent to replace, as exactly the outsize character he longs to emulate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet all is not as it appears. \u003cem\u003eOs Soldados Ousados de Barba\u003c\/em\u003e--The Daring Soldiers of Barba--have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal and backward that you couldn't give the rat hole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do terrorist incidents claimed by the SOB suddenly dry up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e addresses weighty issues such as terrorism withthe deft, tongue-in-cheek touch that is vintage Shriver. It also presses the more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug? What's their secret? And in the end, who has the better life--the admired, or the admirer? \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisgruntled New York corporate lawyer Edgar Kellogg is more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the excitement and uncertainty of journalism. When he's offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes Barrington Saddler, the disappeared reporter Edgar's been sent to replace, as exactly the outsize character he longs to emulate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet all is not as it appears. \u003cem\u003eOs Soldados Ousados de Barba\u003c\/em\u003e--\"The Daring Soldiers of Barba\"--have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal and backward that you couldn't give the rat hole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do terrorist incidents claimed by the \"SOB\" suddenly dry up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e addresses weighty issues such as terrorism withthe deft, tongue-in-cheek touch that is vintage Shriver. It also presses the more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug? What's their secret? And in the end, who has the better life--the admired, or the admirer? \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 8.93 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915337232700,"sku":"9780062107190","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/b0N4eXBCUnIyaUZFMC9oNFRQcGJMQT09.webp?v=1774361613","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/the-new-republic-paperback-1","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}