{"product_id":"9780307277527","title":"Chronic City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA searing and wildly entertaining love letter to New York City from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChase Insteadman, former child television star, has a new role in life—permanent guest on the Upper East Side dinner party circuit, where he is consigned to talk about his astronaut fiancée, Janice Trumbull, who is trapped on a circling Space Station. A chance encounter collides Chase with Perkus Tooth, a wily pop culture guru with a vicious conspiratorial streak and the best marijuana in town. Despite their disparate backgrounds and trajectories Chase and Perkus discover they have a lot in common, including a cast of friends from all walks of life in Manhattan.  Together and separately they attempt to define the indefinable, and enter into a quest for the most elusive of things: truth and authenticity in a city where everything has a price. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Full of dark humor and dazzling writing\" —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012125311216,"sku":"9780307277527","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307277527_p0.jpg?v=1763671700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307277527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}