{"product_id":"the-repeat-room-jesse-ball-hardcover","title":"The Repeat Room -- Jesse Ball, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFranz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers--\"a dreamlike exploration of human nature, seen through a speculative lens\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/strong\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jesse Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0\" H x 0\" L x 0\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646221400\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534766711088,"sku":"9781646221400","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781646221400.jpg?v=1774419718","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-repeat-room-jesse-ball-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}