{"product_id":"9781453234105","title":"Wonder Boys","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe “wise, wildly funny story” of a self-destructive writer’s lost weekend by a Pulitzer Prize–winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A wildly successful first novel made Grady Tripp a young star, and seven years later he still hasn’t grown up. He’s now a writing professor in Pittsburgh, plummeting through middle age, stuck with an unfinishable manuscript, an estranged wife, a pregnant girlfriend, and a talented but deeply disturbed student named James Leer. During one lost weekend at a writing festival with Leer and debauched editor Terry Crabtree, Tripp must finally confront the wreckage made of his past decisions.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMordant but humane\u003ci\u003e, Wonder Boys \u003c\/i\u003efeatures characters as loveably flawed as any in American fiction. This ebook features a biography of the author.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175830339824,"sku":"9781453234105","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453234105_p0.jpg?v=1769907104","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453234105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}