{"product_id":"puma-by-anthony-burgess-9781526132734","title":"Puma: By Anthony Burgess","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePuma\u003c\/i\u003e – disentangled from the three-part structure of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World News\u003c\/i\u003e and published here for the first time in its intended format – is Anthony Burgess’s lost science fiction novel. Set some way into the future, the story details the crushing of the planet Earth by a heavyweight intruder from a distant galaxy – the dreaded Puma. It is a visceral book about the end of history as man has known it. Despite its apocalyptic theme, its earthquakes and tidal waves, murder and madness, \u003ci\u003ePuma\u003c\/i\u003e is a gloriously-comic novel, steeped in the rich literary heritage of a world soon to be extinguished and celebrating humanity in all its squalid glory. In Burgess’s hands this meditation on destruction, mitigated by the hope of salvation for a select few, becomes powerful exploration of friendship, violence, literature and science at the end of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Burgess] throws out a continuous firework display of erudition on a limitless range of topics – from astronomy and musicology to the chemical formula for monosodium glutamate and the rhythmic sounds of sexual intercourse.'\u003cbr\u003eJ.G. Ballard, ‘Senses of an Ending’, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, 28 October 1982, p. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘[\u003ci\u003ePuma\u003c\/i\u003e] is not the scorching apocalypse of Lawrence or Yeats but a love song to what would be lost if the world went away: all its colours and tastes and smells and finally forgivable mistakes. It is an old song but a good one.’\u003cbr\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor’s Introduction\u003cbr\u003eText of \u003ci\u003ePuma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe screenplay(possibly)\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Textual variants\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Burgess’s comments and science fiction writings\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040996557143,"sku":"9781526132734","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526132734.jpg?v=1750948530","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/puma-by-anthony-burgess-9781526132734","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}