{"product_id":"cosmopolis-by-don-delillo","title":"'Cosmopolis' by Don Delillo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-7\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-7\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-128\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3bfc99ff-bf86-438d-b84c-ecdc7de24bec\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"673\"\u003eDon DeLillo’s \u003cem data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/em\u003e follows Eric Packer, a twenty-eight-year-old billionaire asset manager, as he crosses Manhattan in a white stretch limousine to get a haircut.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"673\"\u003eAs he rolls, markets convulse, protest gathers, technology hums, and his own life begins to detach from ordinary reality. It is a short, strange, cold novel about money as atmosphere, power as insulation, and the modern self dissolving into screens, speculation and appetite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"960\"\u003eWritten in DeLillo’s clipped, eerie, hyper-controlled style, \u003cem data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"748\"\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/em\u003e feels like system failure observed from inside the machine. Finance, sex, death, data, luxury and threat all compress into one slow city crossing: a sleek little apocalypse with leather seats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"960\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicador hardback edition, 2003. Originally published by Scribner in the same year. Light general shelf wear to covers and edges; pages clean, binding sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1172\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45343324667987,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-05T130552.168.png?v=1780628788","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/cosmopolis-by-don-delillo","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}