{"product_id":"pay-as-you-go-9781963270266","title":"Pay as You Go","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNow in paperback. A finalist for the 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award. Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize. Named a best book of 2023 by NPR.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building with doormen and sweeping views of the skyline. Instead he's landed in a creaking, stuffy apartment with two roommates: a loping giant who hardly leaves his room, and a weight-obsessed neurotic who keeps no fewer than forty-seven lamps throughout the house, blazing at all hours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnwilling to accept this fate, Slide--a barber with an opaque past--embarks on a quest for the perfect apartment, pinballing through the sprawling, madcap city of Polis and its endless procession of neighborhoods. As he bounces from foldout couch to disaster-relief tent, falling in with some tough types, Slide begins to realize that he's going to have to scratch and claw just to claim a place for himself in this world--let alone a place with in-unit laundry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exuberant, fantastical odyssey, \u003ci\u003ePay As You Go\u003c\/i\u003e wonders if what we're searching for is ever really out there. Its pages--surreal, biting, and teeming with life--announce the startling talents of Eskor David Johnson, who knows that all any of us really want is a place to rest our head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963270266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500","brand":"Eskor David Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038263042229,"sku":"9781963270266","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d627c193-c26a-465c-85d5-9b378d0dbe1d.jpg?v=1737475370","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pay-as-you-go-9781963270266","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}