{"product_id":"9780061886867","title":"Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eColm Tóibín on Joni Mitchell • James Wood on The Who • Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush • Daniel Handler on Eurythmics • Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders • Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHeavy Rotation\u003c\/em\u003e, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' \u003cem\u003eQueen Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e transformed him into an adolescent Anglophile. Pankaj Mishra describes how a bootleg cassette of ABBA's \u003cem\u003eSuper Trouper\u003c\/em\u003e evoked a world far from his small Indian village. Kate Christensen relives her years as an aspiring novelist in Brooklyn listening to Rickie Lee Jones's \u003cem\u003eFlying Cowboys\u003c\/em\u003e. And Joshua Ferris recalls his head-banging passion for Pearl Jam's \u003cem\u003eTen\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring music from the Talking Heads to the \u003cem\u003eHedwig and the Angry Inch\u003c\/em\u003e soundtrack, this extraordinary anthology is a moving, funny, uplifting, and unforgettable celebration of the unique and essential relationship between life and music. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118963409136,"sku":"9780061886867","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061886867_p0.jpg?v=1763624572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061886867","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}