{"product_id":"2940012969620","title":"Bush Pigs","description":"Originally published in the New Yorker, this harrowing tale of reverse culture shock is a cult favorite among expats who wander abroad and are unprepared for the shock that awaits them upon return to the first world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter three years in the bush, a Peace Corps Volunteer is evacuated from war-torn Sierra Leone and sent home to Omaha, Nebraska, where he attempts to celebrate his return in a steak house. What happens next is called reverse culture shock. G.K. Chesterton put it this way: \"The whole object of traveling abroad is not to set foot on foreign land; it is to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land when one returns.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Richard Dooling, author of White Man's Grave, a novel, a finalist for the National Book Award.","brand":"Richard Dooling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161254641904,"sku":"2940012969620","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012969620_p0.jpg?v=1763574998","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012969620","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}