{"product_id":"riordan-maurice-ropepb","title":"[09\/22\/26] Riordan, Maurice: Rope","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 22, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRope \u003c\/i\u003epresents an alluring and provocative array of insights as it follows a mind on the move, ever curious and restlessly making connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNuggets of wisdom, snippets of anecdote and choice quotations are collected here, signposted by suggestive shoulder notes. Together they form a kind of contemporary commonplace book, accumulating with associative loops and echoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross three prose sections, Maurice Riordan knots together strands including scientific lore, colour theory and AI, philosophy, ethics and psychoanalysis. There are instructive revelations on the art of poetry and literature - whether the 'folly of literary ambition' or the 'sinuous garland of plagiarism' - gleaned from a lifetime of reading and writing. The middle section delves into the author's personal history, evoking a childhood in rural Cork - 'I was born into a horse-drawn candlelit world' - and a 'new self' forged in fatherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiordan is an intimate and jocular narrator throughout, calling upon everyone from Shakespeare to Schrödinger, Sappho to Siri to share this series of piquant and unforgettable discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45143455465495,"sku":"9780571401482","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/71wWgSlTczL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780701722","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/riordan-maurice-ropepb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}