{"product_id":"model-citizens-1","title":"Model Citizens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shand has fashioned a gripping and original story - and he writes like a dream' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It has the pace and dynamism of a thriller ... and his \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esocial commentary is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efunny and on target\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how to tell what the best things were? Well, that was easy: the best things were the ones with the most people looking at them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlastair Buchanan has a comfortable life. It's been a year since he received his very own junior - a clone designed to help him escape the daily grind. So why does Alastair spend his days alone, online, obsessing over his status? When his long-term girlfriend Caitlin can't take it anymore, Alastair does his best to hold it together. But then, a remnant from his past appears and he is forced to confront the level of control that technology has over his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Elsewhere, an anti-tech terrorist cell dedicated to yanking humanity back to the 1990s is building momentum. And looming over everyone is Kim Larson, inventor of the juniors. But when Kim realises that humanity's future lies in the stars, who will be left to hold him to account?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From award-winning author Daniel Shand\u003ci\u003e, Model Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e explores a surreal world peopled by humans struggling with their dehumanising present. Full of suspense, it asks us what we give up when we exist online, and who we can trust to take care of us. \u003ci\u003eModel Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e is a subversive and darkly comic story of class, technology, and responsibility, offering a vision of the future that may be closer than we realise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e dazzling novel' \u003ci\u003eEdmund Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A consumerist hellscape is brilliantly evoked . . . the cloned self as ultimate consumer product is a compelling idea and Shand has such fun with it that the reader gets carried along' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227716276568,"sku":"9781472156648","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472156648.jpg?v=1764848725","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/model-citizens-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}