{"product_id":"9781940430317","title":"Losing in Gainesville","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in mid-1990s Florida, \u003ci\u003eLosing in Gainesville\u003c\/i\u003e hilariously explores what failure means in a culture where everyone is supposed to win. \u003ci\u003eRazorcake\u003c\/i\u003e praised Brian Costello's first novel for its language and attention to detail and \u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e lauded its dialogue and conversational narrator. These strengths are once again on display in \u003ci\u003eLosing in Gainesville.\u003c\/i\u003e With an ensemble cast of slackers, burn-outs, musicians, and dreamers, who are all losing something—their youth, their ambitions, their careers, their children, their former identities—Costello builds a sun-bleached world of people struggling to understand what it means to succeed on their terms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curbside Splendor Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039759515888,"sku":"9781940430317","price":10.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940430317_p0.jpg?v=1763791344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940430317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}