{"product_id":"vintage-earth-solar","title":"Solar: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beard sank into a gloom of inattention, not because the planet was in peril - that moronic word again - but because someone was telling him it was with such enthusiasm'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. He now spends his days speaking for enormous fees and half-heartedly heading a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time, she's having the affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity arises for Beard to simultaneously save his marriage and the world from environmental disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Savagely funny... Enormously entertaining' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A satirical masterpiece...it will come to be regarded as a classic' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153197273266,"sku":"9781784877873","price":240.01,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/378193_63f0563858d9a2.43156158_9781784877873_f28f38b1-6a7f-4919-86ad-418b11f9ce4e.jpg?v=1677248880","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/vintage-earth-solar","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}