{"product_id":"book-amog","title":"Shades of Grey","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing standalone novel from the great literary fantasist and author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Thursday Next series and \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, Jasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs long as anyone can remember, society has been ruled by a Colortocracy. From the underground feedpipes that keep the municipal park green to the healing hues viewed to cure illness to a social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Young Eddie Russett has no ambition to be anything other than a loyal drone of the Collective. With his better-than-average red perception, he could well marry Constance Oxblood and inherit the string works; he may even have enough red perception to make prefect.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For Eddie, life looks colorful. Life looks good. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But everything changes when he moves with his father, a respected swatchman, to East Carmine. There, he falls in love with a Grey named Jane who opens his eyes to the painful truth behind his seemingly perfect, rigidly controlled society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Curiosity--a dangerous trait to display in a society that demands total conformity--gets the better of Eddie, who beings to wonder: \u003cbr\u003e Why are there not enough spoons to go around? \u003cbr\u003e Why is everything--and everyone--barcoded? \u003cbr\u003e What happened to all the people who never returned from High Saffron? \u003cbr\u003e And why, when you begin to question the world around you, do black-and-white certainties reduce themselves to shades of grey? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, this is the new world from the creative and comic genius of Jasper Fforde.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397418688816,"sku":"BDamog","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/188429-amog-Square.jpg?v=1735468751","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-amog","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}