{"product_id":"9780140231571","title":"Whores for Gloria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “beautifully written and deeply affecting” novel (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) about a Vietnam veteran – from the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEurope Central\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch for Vollmann’s new work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eNo Immediate Danger\u003c\/i\u003e, coming in April of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Europe Central \u003c\/i\u003ecomes this fever dream of a novel about an alcoholic Vietnam veteran, Jimmy, who devotes his government check and his waking hours to the search for a beautiful and majestic street whore, a woman who may or may not exist save in Jimmy's rambling dreams. Gloria's image seems distilled from memory and fantasy and the fragments of whatever Jimmy can buy from the other whores: their sex, their stories—all the unavailing dreams of love and salvation among the drinkers and addicts who haunt San Francisco's Tenderloin District.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010880258288,"sku":"9780140231571","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140231571_p0.jpg?v=1769913374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140231571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}