{"product_id":"9780062132420","title":"The Subprimes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wickedly funny dystopian parody set in a financially apocalyptic future America, from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eTriburbia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes. Their bad credit ratings make them unemployable. Jobless and without assets, they’ve walked out on mortgages, been foreclosed upon, or can no longer afford a fixed address. Fugitives who must keep moving to avoid arrest, they wander the globally warmed American wasteland searching for day labor and a place to park their battered SUVs for the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Taro Greenfeld’s trenchant satire follows the fortunes of two families whose lives reflect this new dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-financially-fittest America. Desperate for work and food, a Subprime family has been forced to migrate east, hoping for a better life. They are soon joined in their odyssey by a writer and his family—slightly better off, yet falling fast. Eventually, they discover a small settlement of Subprimes who have begun an agrarian utopia built on a foreclosed exurb. Soon, though, the little stability they have is threatened when their land is targeted by job creators for shale oil extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut all is not lost. A hero emerges, a woman on a motorcycle—suspiciously lacking a credit score—who just may save the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Subprimes\u003c\/b\u003e, Karl Taro Greenfeld turns his keen and unflinching eye to our country today—and where we may be headed. The result is a novel for the 99 percent: a darkly funny comedy about paradise lost and found, the value of credit, economic policy, and the meaning of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021593493744,"sku":"9780062132420","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062132420_p0.jpg?v=1763626612","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062132420","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}