{"product_id":"2940016646343","title":"The Pickup Artist","description":"\"A laugh-out-loud fantastic tale. Mordantly funny, fast-moving and sharp.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Bookpage\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Science Fiction needs humor, and it is plentiful in this zany, seriocomic variation on Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterfully ironic!\"\u003cbr\u003e—Philadelphia Enquirer \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are too many books! Too much music, too much art. The job of the Bureau of Arts and Entertainment is to collect and destroy the old, so as to make room for the new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHank Shapiro is a dedicated BAE agent. Dependable. Uncorruptible. Pitiless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil he meets the girl in the bluebird sweater and bends the rules just once.  And finds himself on a wild chase through the fleemarkets [sic] of America, from the towering landfills of New York City to the drive-thru crematoriums of Las Vegas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is also a talking dog.","brand":"JumperCable Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081688006896,"sku":"2940016646343","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016646343_p0.jpg?v=1763639029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016646343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}