{"product_id":"9781849821643","title":"The Nostalgist","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young man longing for personal connection poses as a missing woman’s grief-stricken boyfriend in post—9\/11 New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoop-shouldered and balding beneath a porkpie hat, Jonah Soloway is an old man before his time. Estranged from his astrophysicist father and effectively orphaned when an SUV took his mother’s life, Jonah longs to make a human connection—even if it means lying to get it. When he calls the phone number on Rose Oliveri’s 9\/11 missing poster and reaches her mother, Vivian, one lie gives birth to another and another, and before Jonah knows it, the truth becomes indiscernible even to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalked by Rose’s ghost and desperate to keep the Oliveris from uncovering his lie, Jonah finds himself adrift in a city he no longer recognizes and more alone than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a poetic journey into the heart of post–9\/11 New York and a darkly comic commentary on how our culture copes with loss,\u003cb\u003e The Nostalgist\u003c\/b\u003e is a striking debut novel from a masterful new author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MP Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058040619248,"sku":"9781849821643","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849821643_p0.jpg?v=1763752356","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849821643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}