{"product_id":"9780802199072","title":"Among the Dead: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“An amazing novel” that plunges into the all-too-gray area between the public and private in contemporary American life (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Michael Tolkin’s acclaimed second novel, \u003ci\u003eAmong the Dead,\u003c\/i\u003e is an arresting examination of public and private grief in the wake of unspeakable disaster, a slow-burning tour de force of psychological fiction. When Frank Gale writes a passionate letter to his wife confessing an affair, he hopes all can be forgiven on the warm beaches of Mexico. But the farewell kiss of his girlfriend causes him to miss the flight carrying his wife and daughter, and when he learns that their plane has crashed in a crowded city, his life changes in the course of seconds. Suddenly one man’s struggle to comprehend his loss becomes consumed in a media circus of legal drama, family quarrels, and public scandal.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Tolkin is a masterful chronicler of contemporary America, and \u003ci\u003eAmong the Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis “fascinating . . . ingenious . . . brilliantly sustained . . . full of nasty surprises . . . like Ian McEwan and Martin Amis, Tolkin portrays the squalid downside of life very well” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Startlingly original . . . morbidly amusing . . . truly terrifying.” —Allen Barra, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107315532016,"sku":"9780802199072","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802199072_p0.jpg?v=1769907715","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802199072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}