{"product_id":"the-repeat-room-jesse-ball-hardcover","title":"The Repeat Room -- Jesse Ball, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant's lived experience, to see as if through their eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel's shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArtful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, \u003ci\u003eThe Repeat Room\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646221400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSE BALL\u003c\/b\u003e is an absurdist whose prize-winning work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He is on the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jesse Ball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45727456592100,"sku":"9781646221400","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781646221400.jpg?v=1729293758","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-repeat-room-jesse-ball-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}