{"product_id":"pet-thief","title":"Pet Thief","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Pet Thief\u003c\/em\u003e is a dystopian fable of science, rebellion, humankind’s inhumanity, and the struggle for identity and survival in a post-human world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen scientists, the government, and venture capitalists conspire to hybridise humans with animals—cats, specifically—for organ harvesting, drug testing, and military applications, the experiment is an irredeemable failure, producing human-like beings with uncanny abilities who are nonetheless fundamentally defective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOboy and his mentor\/tormentor Freda are two wayward hybrids, “cat people,” who have escaped with others to the depths of a rundown European city being levelled for reconstruction. They are members of a street gang led by an ominous leader called Swan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOboy is unable to think or speak except in mimicry, but he is a physical savant, which serves Freda’s mission. Enraged at what has been done to her, Freda wants to “rescue” every pet she can. When Oboy returns with a human baby after his first solo outing, their world and the truths of their existence come unravelled.","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55331908026712,"sku":"9781573661713","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781573661713.jpg?v=1777976129","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pet-thief","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}