{"product_id":"9781429971706","title":"Gilligan's Wake: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA kaleidoscopic novel about our last American century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA skipper plies the waters of the South Pacific, running ammunition and passing the time with navy buddies McHale and Jack Kennedy, remembering the sweet caress of Screw-Me Susie. A New York millionaire reunites with his prep school classmate Alger Hiss, and journeys to an unusual downtown cafe to meet a bearded friend. A young woman and her confidante Daisy Buchanan sink into the languor of the Hamptons and Provincetown. A buxom redhead from Alabam-don't-give-a-damn travels to Hollywood, in search of fame and fortune. A charismatic professor assists Robert Oppenheimer with his desert calculations and is henceforth the author of every American political conspiracy. And Mary-Ann Kilroy leaves Russell, Kansas, for Paris and love, only to discover that you can never go home (nor leave the island).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath these stories is the story of their author, an institutionalized shadow man who has twisted the histories of six characters into a pastiche of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122589221104,"sku":"9781429971706","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429971706_p0.jpg?v=1763750023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429971706","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}