{"product_id":"9781576876329","title":"Down in the Hole: The unWired World of H.B. Ogden","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e humorously re-imagines HBO and creator David Simon's \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e as an illustrated Victorian novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly anticipated since its initial online appearance  and immediate  viral proliferation, first-time authors and ersatz  Victorian scholars  Joy DeLyria and Sean Michael Robinson have  painstakingly created a  satirical and fictional world based on the  characters and narrative of  television's most loved drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To be published in time to celebrate \u003ci\u003eThe Wire's\u003c\/i\u003e tenth anniversary, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown in the Hole: the unWired World of H.B. Ogden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of excerpts and illustrations from \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e,   a Victorian serial novel of DeLyria and Robinson's invention, credited   to fictional author H.B. Ogden. Excerpts from Ogden's work are knit   together by the history of the novel, its author and illustrator, and   the adventures of the passionate archivists who uncovered this forgotten   text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e writes: \"...[This] quintessentially Victorian vision of Ogden's \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e...is a scintillating piece of faux-scholarship. It's set in an alternate universe where the HBO series doesn't exist—and where \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e in any form, including Horatio Bucklesby Ogden's, has yet to be discovered.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGawker\u003c\/i\u003e asks: \"So, how long before we can actually buy this illustrated version of \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e? I'd put it on my Amazon wish list now if I could.\"","brand":"powerHouse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150135083248,"sku":"9781576876329","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781576876329_p0.jpg?v=1763777153","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781576876329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}