{"product_id":"9781628975680","title":"Antic Hay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA social satire dissecting morally bankrupt London society just after World War I, from the author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrave New World.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/em\u003e, Aldous Huxley's \u003cem\u003eAntic Hay\u003c\/em\u003e, portrays a world of lost souls madly pursuing both pleasure and meaning. Fake artists, third-rate poets, pompous critics, pseudo-scientists, con-men, bewildered romantics, and cock-eyed futurists all inhabit this world spinning out of control, as wildly comic as it is disturbingly accurate. In a style that ranges from the lyrical to the absurd, and with characters whose identities shift and change as often as their names and appearances, Huxley has here invented a novel that bristles with life and energy, in what \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e called \"a delirium of sense enjoyment!\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aldous Huxley","offers":[{"title":"Deep Vellum |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-01-30","offer_id":47353574392063,"sku":"9781628975680","price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_28682fef-d3c6-49d9-893f-4bfda5efbe44.jpg?v=1760540914","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781628975680","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}