{"product_id":"the-right-stuff-by-tom-wolfe-9781784873714","title":"The Right Stuff","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA wonderful novel and perfect book club choice, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'What is it,' asks Tom Wolfe, 'that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call 'the right stuff'?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e is a voyage into the mythology of the American space programme, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Tom Wolfe at his very best... Learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic...\u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e is superb'\u003c\/em\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298800586988,"sku":"9781784873714","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13351973482823.jpg?v=1743042825","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-right-stuff-by-tom-wolfe-9781784873714","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}