{"product_id":"anything-is-good-9781504094030","title":"Anything Is Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo Bronx boys take radically different paths in a novel about the limits of genius and the loss of home, by a \"terrifically gifted\" author (Anita Shreve, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stars Are Fire\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ralph Silverman was a childhood buddy, a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, a boy genius. He held long conversations with his pet parakeet and spent countless hours on a computer, creating mesmerizing music and solving problems in philosophy. He was a friend of great scholars and the son of a wealthy outer-borough businessman with shady associates and a second family. And, as he begins to take over the story from the narrator, he has found himself in South Florida, physically abused and then expelled into an unfamiliar world--with a broken pair of glasses, no money, and no shoes--by the distant cousin his sister left him with before disappearing forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Bobby Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnything is Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a hypnotically compelling tale of a man haunted by the fate of his childhood buddy, and of that friend's pleasures and misfortunes as he navigates an unhoused life--a life more complex and dramatic than a bypasser might ever imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Fred Waitzkin's previous books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Very few writers can deliver a story with this much heart...a great novel.\"--Sebastian Junger \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Waitzkin's propulsive narrative makes for compelling reading from first page to last.\"--Gabriel Byrne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gem of a book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504094030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Fred Waitzkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848935796917,"sku":"9781504094030","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9331c5fd-d884-4abb-8afe-336cb31aa105.jpg?v=1732634332","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anything-is-good-9781504094030","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}