{"product_id":"9780988918191","title":"Potlatch: A comedy","description":"A quirky comedy about a dysfunctional family in a dysfunctional society...\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered why life seems so complicated, so exhausting, so fattening, and yet so pointless and idiotic?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's all part of the Potlatch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Alice Coggins, the 24-year-old daughter of a South Philadelphia scam artist, everything looks like a racket: endless serflike internships, student loans that can never be repaid, high-minded charities run by swindlers for the benefit of rich donors. Things only get worse when she meets Andrew Ogleby, a scion of blue-bloods who is engaged to a bulimic pet-food heiress he can't bring himself to marry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their Cinderella romance unfolds, Alice and Andrew must battle their families, the mob, and most of all the ubiquitous \"Potlatch\": a vast conspiracy of conspicuous waste directed by the powers that be to keep the populace -- and especially the young people -- from even thinking about doing anything useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Get ready for a hilarious ride in Potlatch... One of the most amusing reads ever to be published.\" -- Lisa McCombs for Readers' Favorite Book Reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swallow Tail Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013959926000,"sku":"9780988918191","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988918191_p0.jpg?v=1763887217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988918191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}