{"product_id":"necessary-errors-9780143122418","title":"Necessary Errors","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal - Slate - Kansas City Star - Flavorwire - Policy Mic \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Buzzfeed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNecessary Errors\u003c\/i\u003e is a very good novel, an enviably good one, and to read it is to relive all the anxieties and illusions and grand projects of one's own youth.\"--James Wood, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exquisite debut novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eOverthrow \u003c\/i\u003ethat brilliantly captures the lives and romances of young expatriates in newly democratic Prague \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's October 1990. Jacob Putnam is young and full of ideas. He's arrived a year too late to witness Czechoslovakia's revolution, but he still hopes to find its spirit, somehow. He discovers a country at a crossroads between communism and capitalism, and a picturesque city overflowing with a vibrant, searching sense of possibility. As the men and women Jacob meets begin to fall in love with one another, no one turns out to be quite the same as the idea Jacob has of them--including Jacob himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNecessary Errors\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited first novel from literary critic and journalist Caleb Crain. Shimmering and expansive, Crain's prose richly captures the turbulent feelings and discoveries of youth as it stretches toward adulthood--the chance encounters that grow into lasting, unforgettable experiences and the surprises of our first ventures into a foreign world--and the treasure of living in Prague during an era of historic change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143122418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2013 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2013 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2013 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2013 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caleb Crain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672914362549,"sku":"9780143122418","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f514deba-8ad1-4a28-89d3-bb951d18cb66.jpg?v=1709051809","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/necessary-errors-9780143122418","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}