{"product_id":"9780982015100","title":"The Shanghai Gesture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Indiana has gloriously revived an obscure Hollywood film of the same name, infused it with eroticism and intrigue - and added Dr. Fu Manchu! The result is a lustrous, laugh-out-loud world of bawd and mayhem; an erudite, charmingly operatic opium den of decadence that seesaws between high brow and low camp and reads as though \u003cb\u003eCormac McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e had rewritten \u003ci\u003eAustin Powers\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—\u003cb\u003eArthur Nersesian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ambitious... gonzo social satire.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fearless and valuable writer.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cb\u003eGary Indiana\u003c\/b\u003e] is the primary reporter of the underground, the dissociation of cultures, the new behaviors; there is a sense that if you want to understand what has happened in America, you would have to read Gary Indiana. And this newest book is a leap forward.\"-\u003cb\u003eMichael Silverblatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e... this strange, filthy, uproarious little novel is a riveting read from start to finish.\"—\u003ci\u003eBoldtype\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the internationally acclaimed author’s first novel since \u003ci\u003eDo Everything in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary Indiana applies his prickly wit, nihilistic vision, and utterly original voice to this side-splitting spin on Fu Manchu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious bout of narcolepsy has overtaken the seaside hamlet of Land’s End, a funk endemic to the region since the wreckage a century earlier of the ship the \u003ci\u003eArdent Somdomite\u003c\/i\u003e. Inspector Weymouth Smith and unconvinced cohort Dr. Obregon Petrie attempt to thwart Fu Manchu’s latest ploy for world domination while confronting South American \u003ci\u003ePiyas,\u003c\/i\u003e matching wits with a club-footed ex-Stasi, as well as battling the latest technological crazes and their own drug dependencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shanghai Gesture\u003c\/i\u003e is not a genre farce, but a compelling tale that merges the author’s trademark eye for social satire with the beautifully poetic sensibilities of his previous novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmong Those That Know, a cabal our story will elucidate in the fullness of time, rumors fluttered that Dr. Obregon Petrie defied the laws of gravity when it suited his caprice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Indiana\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several previous novels: \u003ci\u003eHorse Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRent Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eResentment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDepraved Indifference\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDo Everything in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as nonfiction works: \u003ci\u003eThree Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe 120 Days of Salo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet It Bleed: Essays 1985–1995\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchwarzenegger Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUtopia’s Debris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019227414768,"sku":"9780982015100","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982015100_p0.jpg?v=1763880495","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982015100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}