{"product_id":"ratners-star","title":"Ratner's Star","description":"\"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind.\" --The New Yorker\n\nOne of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).\n\n\"His most spectacularly inventive novel.\" --The New York Times\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679722920\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679722920.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Delillo, Don\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41645382762554,"sku":"DBV.0679722920.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679722920-0.jpg?v=1789186780","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ratners-star","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}