{"product_id":"9781554907014","title":"The Bourgeois Empire","description":"\u003ccite\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything should stay as it is, or you will lose everything, and that’s how it is for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday was a day for getting along, liver-healing, a cocktail party and a faster wireless connection that tolerates renovated turn-of-the-century walls and allows Candy Cane (or Coconut?) to become a part of your afternoon en suite bathroom caucus. Life is not good, but it feels good, on occasion, baby, is what you might type. \u003cbr\u003e — from The Bourgeois Empire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cp\u003eParanoia, pills, and torrent after torrent of glorious porn. A marriage devoid of both sex and emotion. A broken hand, a perpetually surreal home reno, a dying dog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Jules, a successful professional with a wife and kids, all of this would be manageable — if it wasn’t for Charlie. Because fifteen-year-old girls, dear reader, are something different entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJules is obsessed with a teenager — he’s falling head over heels and attempting to arrest the march of time. He's a man, dammit — a man’s man, a guy’s guy — and that’s all that matters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThe Bourgeois Empire\u003c\/cite\u003e, Evie Christie's first novel, is a Nabokovian fever dream, an encyclopedic guide to mortal sin, and a thoroughly contemporary reimagining of Billy Wilder’s classic film \u003ccite\u003eThe Lost Weekend\u003c\/cite\u003e. And yes, of course, it’s a love story too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137733542128,"sku":"9781554907014","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554907014_p0.jpg?v=1769899278","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554907014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}