{"product_id":"anything-is-good-9781504094559","title":"Anything Is Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo Bronx boys take radically different paths in this 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).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ralph Silverman was a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, and 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 secret second family. And, as he begins to take over the story from the narrator, Ralph finds himself in South Florida, physically abused and expelled into a frightening world of the unhoused--with a broken pair of glasses, no money, and no shoes. \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 \"\u003ci\u003eAnything Is Good . . . \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a deeply affecting dive into the lives of the unhoused. Its shifting perspective and changing narrative voice builds to a clarion call for greater empathy and understanding.\" --Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAnything Is Good\u003c\/i\u003e is the best portrait of homelessness I've read since George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eDown and Out in London and Paris.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Superbly written.\" --Gabriel Byrne \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 \"I've seldom been so captivated by a book.\" --Tom Stoppard \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 Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504094559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Fred Waitzkin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391937605813,"sku":"9781504094559","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_acef7e1c-bd5e-4364-b44a-c2bb88dcfe38.jpg?v=1719949331","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anything-is-good-9781504094559","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}