{"product_id":"9781682300992","title":"Closing Costs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The well-drawn characters complement Margolis's wry observations on Manhattan life and the ups and downs of marriage and career.\" —PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fans of Tom Wolfe and Jonathan Franzen will revel in this zesty tale of penthouse envy and dot-com detumescence.\" —BOOKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Peggy Gimmel decides to sell the apartment she bought decades ago for a few thousand dollars, she's thrilled to discover that it's worth almost $2 million. But her sudden windfall triggers a cascade of unexpected events and plunges her into the dizzying orbit of Lucinda Wells, one of Manhattan's most successful and ruthless real-estate agents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeggy's not the only one at Lucinda's mercy. There's also the technology entrepreneur struggling to salvage his sinking company while gut-renovating his home, the socialite exiled from Park Avenue to the pullout sofa of her parents' West Side apartment, the illegal immigrant amassing a fortune printing money, and the clueless widow trying to unload a world-class collection of fake artwork. These are just some of the characters whose lives intersect in unlikely ways, all of them nearly overwhelmed by the rocketing real-estate market and the hard-charging broker who holds the key to their future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he interweaves these often suspenseful and frequently comical stories, Margolis captures the zeitgeist of a cultural moment, keeping us turning the pages with the rise and fall of his characters' fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversion Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051723833584,"sku":"9781682300992","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781682300992_p0.jpg?v=1763696640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682300992","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}