{"product_id":"candy-everybody-wants-9780061336966","title":"Candy Everybody Wants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A balls-out joyride through eighties pop culture that enlightens as much as it exhilarates.\" --Armistead Maupin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMichael Tolliver Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eI Am Not Myself These Days\u003c\/em\u003e comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in between.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJayson Blocher is tired of worshiping pop culture; he wants to be part of it. So he's off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from rural Wisconsin to a New York escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, to a Hollywood sitcom set. Somewhere out there his destiny awaits--along with the discovery of first love, some unusual coincidences, a kidnapping mystery . . . and the sobering truth that being America's sweetheart can leave a very sour aftertaste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061336966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.28w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2008 pg. 512\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Josh Kilmer-Purcell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924781207733,"sku":"9780061336966","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5775e86a-5946-4a9d-bdb6-81ba66676fd8.jpg?v=1687838197","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/candy-everybody-wants-9780061336966","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}