{"product_id":"9780425221419","title":"Spook Country","description":"Tito is in his early twenties. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer. \u003cp\u003e    Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine; she's used to that. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. Really actively blocking it. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much. Which she doesn't; she can't afford to.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Milgrim is a junkie. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. At least, Milgrim's very nuanced Russian would seem to be a big part of it, as would breaking into locked rooms.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bobby Chombo is a \"producer,\" and an enigma. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for manufacturers of military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e was a bestseller on every list of every major newspaper in the country, reaching #4 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e list. It was also a \u003ci\u003eBookSense\u003c\/i\u003e top ten pick, a \u003ci\u003eWordStock\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, a best book of the year for \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, Newsday,\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEconomist,\u003c\/i\u003e and a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \"rave.\"   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSpook Country\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect follow-up to \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition,\u003c\/i\u003e which was called by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e (among many glowing reviews), \"One of the first authentic and vital novels of the twenty-first century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028093092080,"sku":"9780425221419","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780425221419_p0.jpg?v=1763699896","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780425221419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}