{"product_id":"the-mark-and-the-void","title":"The Mark And The Void","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Bee Sting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Hugely entertainingly [and] read-the-whole-page-again funny . . . The best novel I have reviewed this side of the Atlantic’ Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Claude: an investment-bank drone longing for something more meaningful. Marooned in soggy Dublin, he yearns for art, philosophy, and a steady girlfriend. You could call him a modern-day everyman – or just another lonely banker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow meet Paul: struggling novelist, strip-club enthusiast, pioneer of not-entirely-legal internet start-ups. Paul is willing to stoop to any level in pursuit of the riches he knows he deserves. You could call him a troubled genius – or a shameless crook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are two men with something missing from their lives. they might just be able to help each other out of a big hole. Or their friendship might be the most disastrous thing to hit Dublin since the banking crash. As Paul’s get-rich-quick schemes blow up in his face, and the global economy goes missing in action, will Claude be able to save the day, get the girl, and finally become the hero of his own story?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brilliant, intricately entertaining . . . This novel’s arrival deserves a trumpeting fanfare’ Sunday Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A comic classic from one of the most gifted novelists of his generation. Funny, angry and unputdownable’ Daily Express\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45073692852403,"sku":"9780241953860","price":560.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81zO2wpt_lL.jpg?v=1762873761","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-mark-and-the-void","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}