{"product_id":"the-war-against-chaos-9781448208975","title":"The War Against Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe War Against Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a dystopian version of Britain that is similar in its depiction of a grey, shabby, philistine country, to Orwell's 1984. The principal character Hare, is a clerk for a vast conglomerate known as Universal Goods, who is dismissed from his job and his lodgings after his corrupt boss, Jacobs, manipulates evidence against him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter sleeping rough, Hare is befriended by a community of so-called 'marginals' who live in anarchic communes on the fringes of society. After recuperating, Hare decides to search for his estranged wife, an artist who fled mainstream society after the government closed all art colleges. He encounters another group, known as 'Diggers', who live in abandoned subterranean chambers that were originally intended for use in the event of nuclear war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA group of young Diggers attempt to seize their own plot of land, but the attempt is a failure, and Hare is obliged to lead a group of fleeing 'marginals' and Diggers into 'the Zone', a mysterious patch of land where, it is rumoured, nothing is able to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448208975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnita Mason was born in Bristol, England. She read English at Oxford, lived in London, and worked in the publishing field for five years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMason is the author of eight novels to date, as well as a number of short stories. Her novels include, \u003ci\u003eThe Illusionist\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eThe War Against Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eThe Racket \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), \u003ci\u003eAngel\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer latest novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Right Hand of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and was published by John Murray in September, 2008 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Illusionist\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the 1983 Booker Prize in the UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44906797498483,"sku":"9781448208975","price":25.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7309dbbc-d2a2-4a84-9ccc-b533c0102839.jpg?v=1777479719","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-war-against-chaos-9781448208975","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}