{"product_id":"the-right-stuff-9781784873714","title":"The Right Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wonderful novel and perfect book club choice, The Right Stuff is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eA monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff 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\u003cp\u003e‘Tom Wolfe at his very best… Learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic... The Right Stuff is superb’ New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tom Wolfe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA, Biography: science, technology \u0026amp; medicine, Popular astronomy \u0026amp; space\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 Jun 2018 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319700529530,"sku":"9781784873714","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781784873714.jpg?v=1790633281","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-right-stuff-9781784873714","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}