{"product_id":"9781596912410","title":"Slumberland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best writers of his generation, Paul Beatty turns his creative eye to man's search for meaning and identity in an increasingly chaotic world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city's dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods , the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic-and spiritual-other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerocious, bombastic, and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Paul Beatty and belongs on the shelf next to Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and Junot Diaz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050105061616,"sku":"9781596912410","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596912410_p0.jpg?v=1763811776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596912410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}