{"product_id":"the-emergency-hardcover","title":"The Emergency - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Packer's bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e, he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the nerve center of what it means to live in a time of fracture and upheaval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency that follows, youth rebellions of urban Burghers and rural Yeomen embrace radical new ideas of humanity. Doctor Hugo Rustin, chief surgeon at the Imperial College Hospital, is increasingly estranged from his city and his family--from his wife, Annabelle, who finds fulfillment in their changed community; and especially from his teenage daughter, Selva, who has turned against her father's values. When an incident at the hospital leads to Rustin's disgrace, he seeks redemption in a quixotic and dangerous journey into the countryside, with Selva as his companion, just as the conflict between Burghers and Yeomen is reaching a crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of ideas and a taut page-turner. It asks what we owe one another across divided generations and classes, what common human bonds remain when a society falls apart. In creating a vividly imagined world, Packer takes us deep into the heart of our troubled moment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award) and \u003ci\u003eLast Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two previous novels and a play, and is the editor of a two-volume edition of the essays of George Orwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.4 x 9.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47368365506699,"sku":"9780374614720","price":41.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/brPnY-PlMX9780374614720.webp?v=1781558045","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-emergency-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}