{"product_id":"9781416587033","title":"The Unknown Knowns : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Unknown Knowns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jeffrey Rotter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Rotter’s \"brilliantly comic\" debut novel has \"earned him every kind of comparison—Kaufmanesque, Vonnegutesque, Pynchonesque\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, U.\u003c\/b\u003eK.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Rath’s wife has grown tired of his hobbies: his immaculately maintained comics collection, his creepy underwater experiments, and his dreams of building a museum based on the Aquatic Ape Theory of Human Evolution. On the night that she leaves him, Jim thinks he has spotted an emissary from a lost aquatic race called the Nautikons. In truth, the man is a low-level government inspector—a man harboring his own strange fantasies. What follows is a riveting story of two delusional and quixotic men who stalk each other toward a bloody showdown—a spectacularly moronic act at an aging water park. In \u003ci\u003eThe Unknown Knowns\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffrey Rotter takes everyday domestic fixations and turns them into a stunning portrayal of the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Perceptive and humorous… Goes beyond the obvious sendup to explore the private and at times desperate ways his characters strive to secure their own homeland… Rotter’s imagination is formidable and fresh.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Joseph Salvatore, New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e“Riotous-yet-highly controlled… Rotter [has] imaginative verve and eye for absurdity -- personal, literary and political.”\u003cbr\u003e— Kerry Fried, Newsday\u003cbr\u003e\"Absurdly hilarious... So smart about paranoia, so freshly observed, I feared the era of Rumsfeld had returned.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRussian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416587033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592213442766,"sku":"9781416587033","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_ac4cd229-c812-4c36-8d8e-c06fdd3c91b9.jpg?v=1637764459","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416587033","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}