{"product_id":"my-cold-war-9780060533410","title":"My Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sharp, searching novel of an American son and the family he left behind 埦rom a writer of rare breadth and human insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMy Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e is a critically acclaimed debut novel of extraordinary depth and range: the story of a man's alienation and attempts at reconnection with his family, and a rich exploration of the thorny implications of American popular culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At its center is John Delano, a professor of Cold War Studies and successful mass-market historian a la Stephen Ambrose or Ken Burns. Raised by an awkward, embittered father and a frustrated mother in a Levittown-style suburb on Long Island, Delano has made a name for himself as a gimmicky interpreter of Cold War America, a controversial but popular repackager of events like the JFK assassination for those who lived through them without noticing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And yet, as the novel opens, Delano has reached an impasse: during a crisis of confidence, he shelves a major new book project in favor of a quest to drive to the Midwest and seek out his estranged younger brother. But when the trip ends in a sobering discovery that his brother has led a life of desperate transience, grasping at straws and scapegoats 埨e undergoes an epiphany that propels him back to the newly sacred ground where he and his brother were raised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Long recognized as a writer of exceptional vision and unflinching candor, Tom Piazza has crafted a novel full of incident and argument, a book that speaks with depth and range about what it has meant to be American in our time.\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 09\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060533410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.72w x 0.65d","brand":"Tom Piazza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600166682805,"sku":"9780060533410","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0ff01bd8-e65b-435e-8421-d9105206f43c.jpg?v=1707205202","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-cold-war-9780060533410","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}