{"product_id":"9780593448236","title":"Great Expectations: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in this “coming of age story that captures the soul of America” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), the debut novel from one of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s young stars and Pulitzer Prize finalist Vinson Cunningham.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Brilliantly written, piercingly smart, quietly subversive, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e will be one of the talked-about novels of the year.”—Colum McCann, author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR): \u003ci\u003eElle, Vox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI’d seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator’s idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he’ll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States’ first Black president.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e is about David’s eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions—questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood—that force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations \u003c\/i\u003eis both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918094844144,"sku":"9780593448236","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780593448236_p0.jpg?v=1763782658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780593448236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}