{"product_id":"adjustment-day-9780393652598","title":"Adjustment Day","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAdjustment Day\u003c\/em\u003e, the author's first novel in four years, is an ingeniously comic work in which Chuck Palahniuk does what he does best: skewer the absurdities in our society. Smug, geriatric politicians bring the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males; working-class men dream of burying the elites; and professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this dyspeptic time a blue-black book is launched carrying such wisdom as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eImagine there's no God. There is no Heaven or Hell. There is only your son and his son and his son and the world you leave for them.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe weak want you to forgo your destiny just as they've shirked theirs.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA smile is your best bulletproof vest.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Adjustment Day arrives, it fearlessly makes real the logical conclusion of every separatist fantasy, alternative fact, and conspiracy theory lurking in the American psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393652598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2018 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chuck Palahniuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067615543477,"sku":"9780393652598","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f2dbadce-3e04-4226-ae55-6a6e0a066cc4.jpg?v=1690861490","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/adjustment-day-9780393652598","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}