{"product_id":"9780062132437","title":"The Subprimes","description":"By: Karl Taro Greenfeld     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Set in a meticulously, terrifyingly imagined all-too-near future, \u003cem\u003eThe Subprimes\u003c\/em\u003e is a potent cocktail of North American myth, equal parts John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood, with a dash of benzene.” \u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wickedly funny dystopian parody set in a financially apocalyptic future America, from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eTriburbia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes. Their bad credit ratings make them unemployable. Jobless and without assets, they’ve walked out on mortgages, been foreclosed upon, or can no longer afford a fixed address. Fugitives who must keep moving to avoid arrest, they wander the globally warmed American wasteland searching for day labor and a place to park their battered SUVs for the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Taro Greenfeld’s trenchant satire follows the fortunes of two families whose lives reflect this new dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-financially-fittest America. Desperate for work and food, a Subprime family has been forced to migrate east, hoping for a better life. They are soon joined in their odyssey by a writer and his family—slightly better off, yet falling fast. Eventually, they discover a small settlement of Subprimes who have begun an agrarian utopia built on a foreclosed exurb. Soon, though, the little stability they have is threatened when their land is targeted by job creators for shale oil extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all is not lost. A hero emerges, a woman on a motorcycle—suspiciously lacking a credit score—who just may save the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Subprimes\u003c\/em\u003e, Karl Taro Greenfeld turns his keen and unflinching eye to our country today—and where we may be headed. The result is a novel for the 99 percent: a darkly funny comedy about paradise lost and found, the value of credit, economic policy, and the meaning of family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47298919530723,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780062132437","price":99.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47299057352931,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780062132420","price":163.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780062132437.jpg?v=1760141318","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780062132437","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}