{"product_id":"9780393082906","title":"Ghost Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Surreal, darkly hilarious and profound.”—\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eGhost Lights\u003c\/em\u003e stars an IRS bureaucrat named Hal—a man baffled by his wife’s obsession with her young employer, T., and haunted by the accident that paralyzed his daughter, Casey. In a moment of drunken heroism, Hal embarks on a quest to find T.—the protagonist of Lydia Millet’s much-lauded novel \u003cem\u003eHow the Dead Dream\u003c\/em\u003e—who has vanished in a jungle. On his trip to Central America, Hal embroils himself in a surreal tropical adventure, descending into strange and unpredictable terrain (and an unexpected affair with a beguiling German woman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eGhost Lights\u003c\/em\u003e is Millet at her best—beautifully written, engaging, full of dead-on insights into the heartbreaking devotion of parenthood and the charismatic oddity of human behavior. The book draws us into a darkly humorous, sometimes off-kilter world where bonds of affection remain a reliable magnetic north. \u003cem\u003eGhost Lights\u003c\/em\u003e is a startling, comic, and surprisingly philosophical story.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118810546416,"sku":"9780393082906","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393082906_p0.jpg?v=1769892730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393082906","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}