{"product_id":"2940169412444","title":"Lost Empress: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Naked Singularity, \u003c\/i\u003ea shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America's most popular sport and its criminal justice system\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Paterson, New Jersey, to Rikers Island to the streets of New York City, Sergio de la Pava's \u003ci\u003eLost Empress\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to a cast of characters unlike any other in modern fiction: dreamers and exiles, immigrants and night-shift workers, a lonely pastor and others on the fringes of societyamp;mdash;each with their own impact on the fragile universe they navigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Gill, daughter of the aging owner of the Dallas Cowboys, was instrumental in building her father's dynasty. So it's a shock when her brother inherits the franchise and she is left with the Paterson Pork, New Jersey's failing Indoor Football League team. Nina vows to take on the NFL and make the Paterson Pork pigskin kings of America. All she needs to do is recruit the coach, the players, and the fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Nuno DeAngelesamp;mdash;a brilliant and lethal criminal mastermindamp;mdash;has been imprisoned on Rikers Island for a sensational offense. Nuno fights for his libertyamp;mdash;while simultaneously planning an even more audacious crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLost Empress,\u003c\/i\u003e de la Pava weaves a narrative that encompasses Salvador Dalí, Joni Mitchell, psychiatric help, emergency medicine, religion, theoretical physics, and everything in between. With grace, humor, and razor-sharp prose, all these threads combine, counting down to an epic and extraordinary conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCast of Narrators:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMain Narration amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eEdoardo Ballerini\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nina Gill amp;mdashp; \u003cb\u003eCarol Monda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDia Nouveau amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eBrittany Pressley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuno de Angeles amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eJames Fouhey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajor Harris amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eBob Bray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Gill amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eRichard Topol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharon Seaborg amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eQuincy T. Bernstine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugh Seaborg amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eRyan Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoach Elkins amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eRichard Ferrone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeniz Heredia amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eTony Chiroldes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry Brown amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eJeff Gurner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravis Mena amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eDan Bittner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelson Cervantes amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eGonzalo Ingram\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSolomon Hanes amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eDavid LeDoux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReeves amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eLeo Coltrane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEd Coin amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eJohnny Heller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany Mutola amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eNick Martorelli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFather Ventimiglia amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eMark McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Theorist amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNina's Father amp;mdash; \u003cb\u003eRichard Poe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional roles read by some of the above and by Francisco Burgos, Christina Delaine, Sue Daulton, Karen Dziekonski, Jim Frangione, Tavia Gilbert, Lianna Gomori, Sarah Jaffe, Pete Larkin, Paula Parker, Angel Saldana, Adriana Sananes, Brandon Ruben, Paul Ruben, Jen Rubins, and Dan Zitt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104508035312,"sku":"2940169412444","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169412444_p0.jpg?v=1763782028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169412444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}