{"product_id":"9780917990991","title":"Armed Love","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArmed Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1971, is a description of the author's experience in America's communes. Katz documents the people, the sex, the drugs, and the various organizations of communal lifestyles from New York City to San Francisco. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best portrayal of contemporary youth in the United States. -\u003ci\u003eNew Haven Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElia Katz . . . can really write, and not only can he write, he can think, too, and among young writers that is far rarer. -Michael Rogers, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilarious, whimsical, touching . . . as much a work of fiction as Thomas Wolfe's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook Homeward Angel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, except that Wolfe thought he was writing fiction and Katz knows he is writing nonfiction. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArmed Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is within a long literary tradition in American literature, from Natty Bumppo's moving out west to Dean Moriarty's speeding down the highway in \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e. -\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe began in absolute sympathy with the drop-out children of affluent America . . . but experience with them forced him to acknowledge that the search for an impossible freedom had shaped them into an incongruous mirror-image of the values they tried to flee . . . Katz's book is both corrosively funny and serious, and reads with the verve and immediacy of a good novel. -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor an author bio, photo, and a sample read visit bosonbooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"C\u0026M Online Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131970896112,"sku":"9780917990991","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780917990991_p0.jpg?v=1763856280","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780917990991","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}