{"product_id":"9780698157972","title":"The Last Magazine: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The funniest, most savage takedown of the American news media since Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Hastings’ untimely death at the age of thirty-three rocked the journalism community. But the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Operators \u003c\/i\u003eleft behind an unexpected legacy: a wickedly funny novel based on Hastings’s own journalistic experiences in the mid-2000s. Discovered in his files, the novel features a wet-behind-the-ears intern named Michael M. Hastings who must choose between his career and the truth. A searing portrait of print journalism’s last glory days,\u003ci\u003e The Last Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eearned Hastings comparisons to Evelyn Waugh and Hunter S. Thompson and stands as a testament to one of America’s most treasured reporters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111888175344,"sku":"9780698157972","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698157972_p0.jpg?v=1763620463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698157972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}