{"product_id":"9781504045674","title":"Play It as It Lays: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA harrowing tale of Hollywood, Las Vegas, and a young woman in pursuit of oblivion by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spare, elegant, and terrifying, \u003ci\u003ePlay It as It Lays \u003c\/i\u003eis the unforgettable story of a woman and a society come undone.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Raised in the ghost town of Silver Wells, Nevada, Maria Wyeth is an ex-model and the star of two films directed by her estranged husband, Carter Lang. But in the spiritual desert of 1960s Los Angeles, Maria has lost the plot of her own life. Her daughter, Kate, was born with an “aberrant chemical in her brain.” Her long-troubled marriage has slipped beyond repair, and her disastrous love affairs and strained friendships provide little comfort. Her only escape is to get in her car and drive the freeway—in the fast lane with the radio turned up high—until it runs out “somewhere no place at all where the flawless burning concrete just stopped.” But every ride to nowhere, every sleepless night numbed by pills and booze and sex, makes it harder for Maria to find the meaning in another day.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Told with profound economy of style and a “vision as bleak and precise as Eliot’s in ‘The Wasteland’,” \u003ci\u003ePlay It as It Lays \u003c\/i\u003eruthlessly dissects the dark heart of the American dream (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). It is a searing masterpiece “from one of the very few writers of our time who approaches her terrible subject with absolute seriousness, with fear and humility and awe” (Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131298267376,"sku":"9781504045674","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504045674_p0.jpg?v=1763710122","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504045674","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}