{"product_id":"9780571399734","title":"Mostly Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eMILKMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill eighty-two, still with fifty-seven bullets in her, still dying, and with a blood-trail resembling a post-structuralist anti-principle of a traditional abstracted countercomposition, she was softly cursing and willing herself not to die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow Hero the superhero as he saves the world from villains and falls in love with a femme fatale named Femme Fatale.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Anna Burns before she completed her dazzling Booker-winning novel \u003ci\u003eMilkman\u003c\/i\u003e, ‘Mostly Hero’ is a hilarious, witty, hell-raising romp through a world of superheroes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This crazy little nugget from the winner of the Booker prize for Milkman is a brutal satire of the superhero phenomenon. It ridicules the mindlessness of violence and the glorification of the same in popular culture, and that with a touch of feminism.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Out of the ordinary, extraordinary. This is unlike anything.’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'SOOOO WEIRD. SOOOO CRAZY. SOOOO BRILLIANT' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Burns","offers":[{"title":"Faber \u0026amp; Faber |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-05-19","offer_id":48470918922495,"sku":"9780571399734","price":22.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d9905fc3-10c9-4ca0-ab3f-66179a0942d0.jpg?v=1777646132","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780571399734","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}