{"product_id":"the-steps-of-the-sun-and-far-from-home-9781473213135","title":"The Steps of the Sun and Far From Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Walter Tevis Omnibus contains two works from the acclaimed author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE HUSTLER and THE COLOUR OF MONEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE STEPS OF THE SUN\u003cbr\u003eIn a time when America''s power has been eroded by energy depletion, and  world control has been virtually given over to the Chinese, only one man  has the courage to seek new mineral resources among the stars. He is  Ben Belson, one of the richest men in the world, a man haunted by the  memory of a loveless childhood and driven by needs and desires he can  barely understand or control. His dream is to find the means to help  America break the stranglehold of the corrupt interests who are keeping  it a second class power.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAR FROM HOME\u003cbr\u003eA collection of Walter Tevis essential short fiction, containing:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Far From Home  \u003cbr\u003e The Other End of the Line   The Big Bounce   The Goldabrick   The Ifth of Oofth   The Scholar''s Disciple   Far From Home   Part Two: Close To Home  \u003cbr\u003e Rent Control   A Visit From Mother   Daddy   The Apotheosis of Myra   Out of Luck   Echo   Sitting In Limbo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngaging and effortlessly readable - Publishers Weekly\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarmly involving . . .Tevis' delivery is agreeably fluid and deadpan; and  narrator Ben Belson has enough craggy, amiably sardonic appeal to hold  the reader's interest. - Kirkus Reviews\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSF writing of a rare quality. - Time Out\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poetic imprints of a fine writer's trail. - The Times","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739481616727,"sku":"9781473213135","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473213135.jpg?v=1720052368","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-steps-of-the-sun-and-far-from-home-9781473213135","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}