{"product_id":"9780241373873","title":"The Sky is Falling! : The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood's Superheroes and Zombies","description":"\u003cp\u003e'You'll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't' Steven Soderbergh 'Insanely readable' Slavoj Zizek'Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable' Quentin Tarantino on Easy Riders, Raging BullsIn The Sky is Falling! bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride across two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love - from Game of Thrones and 24 to Homeland and Iron Man - have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a day's work. Welcome to the new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49644069388536,"sku":"EB_PA0800_F01-05_SYDNEY","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780241373873-1.jpg?v=1783582471","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9780241373873","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}