{"product_id":"book-gdvd","title":"Gunk Baby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe suburbs of Par Mars. Two shopping centers, rows of estates, and thematically designed neighborhoods.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four-year-old Leen is going to open an ear-cleaning and massage studio in the Topic Heights Shopping Centre, taking her mother's Chinese ritual to the West to bring people back to their bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut something is not quite right in Par Mars. Managers are being attacked, and when Leen befriends Jean Paul, a pharmacist who is obsessed with a cryptic online forum, she finds herself involved in a community that is intent on disrupting the routines of capitalism in increasingly troubling ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a fierce intellect and masterful storytelling, Jamie Marina Lau brings to life a world that is devastatingly close to our own. Taking aim at consumerism and class, orientalism and the Zen movement, violence and middle-class boredom, \u003cem\u003eGunk Baby\u003c\/em\u003e is inventive, unforgettable, and from a voice younger, newer, and more critical than most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49289480208688,"sku":"BDgdvd","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49289480306992,"sku":"ZEgdvd","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49289480339760,"sku":"ZMgdvd","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gdvd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775976973","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gdvd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}