{"product_id":"9780141002057","title":"A Friend of the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e comes an “entertaining and informative” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about global warming and ecological collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Funny and touching, antic and affecting . . . while Boyle’s humor is as black as ever, he demonstrates that satire can coexist with psychological realism, comedy with compassion.”—Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed, and most mammals—not to mention fish, birds, and frogs—are extinct. Tyrone Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in southern California, managing a pop star’s private menagerie that “only a mother could love”—scruffy hyenas, jackals, warthogs, and three down-at-the-mouth lions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt wasn’t always like this for Ty. Once he was a passionate environmentalist, so committed to saving the earth that he became an eco-terrorist and, ultimately, a convicted felon. As a member of the radical group Earth Forever!, he unwittingly endangered both his daughter, Sierra, and his wife, Andrea. Now, just when he’s trying to survive in a world torn by obdurate storms and winnowing drought, Andrea comes back into his life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBlending idealism and satire, \u003ci\u003eA Friend of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the ultimate questions of human love and the survival of the species.","brand":"Boyle, T.C.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B102","offer_id":68264152039636,"sku":"9780141002057","price":33.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_42eed983-914c-4200-898d-f322d0bf2558.jpg?v=1793645476","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780141002057","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}