{"product_id":"neon-in-daylight-9781936787753","title":"Neon in Daylight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A radiant first novel. . . .  \u003ci\u003eNeon in Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e] has antecedents in the great novels of the 1970s: Renata Adler's \u003ci\u003eSpeedboat\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Hardwick's \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003ePlay It as It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Precision--of observation, of language--is Hoby's gift. Her sentences are sleek and tailored. Language molds snugly to thought.\" --Parul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What do you get when a writer of extreme intelligence, insight, style and beauty chronicles the lives of self-absorbed hedonists--\u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e, and now \u003ci\u003eNeon in Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e. Hermione Hoby paints a garish world that drew me in and held me spellbound. She is a marvel.\" --Ann Patchett, author of \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew York City in 2012, the sweltering summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her future. She has two unfortunate responsibilities during her time in America: to make regular Skype calls to her miserable boyfriend back home, and to cat-sit an indifferent feline named Joni Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city has other plans for her. In New York's parks and bodegas, its galleries and performance spaces, its bars and clubs crowded with bodies, Kate encounters two strangers who will transform her stay: Bill, a charismatic but embittered writer made famous by the movie version of his only novel; and Inez, his daughter, a recent high school graduate who supplements her Bushwick cafe salary by enacting the fantasies of men she meets on Craigslist. Unmoored from her old life, Kate falls into an infatuation with both of them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in a heatwave that feels like it will never break, \u003ci\u003eNeon In Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e marries deep intelligence with captivating characters to offer us a joyful, unflinching exploration of desire, solitude, and the thin line between life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936787753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hermione Hoby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671183552668,"sku":"9781936787753","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_121350e2-8030-4656-9921-3097a78692cb.jpg?v=1603924776","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/neon-in-daylight-9781936787753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}