{"product_id":"9781617753565","title":"We Are All Crew","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"This eye-popping page turner hits on all levels and will keep you up way past your bedtime...A coming of age thriller with imagination, guts, and soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEcoLit Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here we have a Huck Finn for our environmentally damaged age, lost on a river, and moving downstream with humane monsters and monstrous humans. \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Crew\u003c\/i\u003e is hilarious and sad, slapstick and grotesque, fantastical, phantasmagorical, but never, ever just child's play.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMarlon James\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Two fourteen-year-old boys embark on a cross-country boat trip that becomes a romp through social anthropology in this hilarious, picaresque novel. But don’t be fooled. Landauer’s observations are as searing as they are funny, and each new twisted and isolated archipelago of a community they encounter resonates in its absurdity like a vision of the near future. \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Crew\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story for the boys, but perhaps, if we can channel Landauer’s camouflaged optimism and his biting humor, for America as well.”\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTim McLoughlin\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart of the Old Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The conjuration of an articulate risk taker has spun a tale and created a world infused with politics, 'correctness,' and irony that is witty and intelligent. Taking on serious subjects--environment, deforestation, global warming, and partisan hypocrisy--while addressing the various social networks, apps, video games, and rock-star super-shows, is a lot to handle. But Bill Landauer rises to the task to create a wonderful read. Just sit back and enjoy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRashidah Ismaili\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of the Lower East Side\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo fourteen-year-old runaways hell-bent on reaching California end up aboard the \u003ci\u003eTamzene\u003c\/i\u003e, a mysterious riverboat that runs on alternative fuel. Piloted by the enigmatic Dr. Seabrook, the \u003ci\u003eTamzene\u003c\/i\u003e travels the waterways of a bizarre, fun-house image of the US. This is a satire that questions the sanity of our basic principles, as \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e did for eighteenth-century England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037950820592,"sku":"9781617753565","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617753565_p0.jpg?v=1763854253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617753565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}