{"product_id":"the-appetite-factory-9781684428700","title":"The Appetite Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn all-too-familiar dystopia where public perception precedes reality and our identities are defined by what we consume\u003c\/b\u003eAs head of the crisis management team at a Madison Avenue PR firm, Leonard Lundell spends his days counseling executives whose reputations have been ruined by scandal. But Leonard has been managing a strange and debilitating crisis of his own that's held him captive his entire adult life: Leonard likes to eat soap, pencils, paint chips--anything with no nutritional value.For years, he's kept his compulsion hidden behind a professional veneer. But when he signs an important client, an antisocial file clerk unwittingly discovers Leonard's secret and blackmails him into accommodating her own bizarre culinary indulgences.A picaresque set against the backdrop of Madison Avenue's marketing machine in the months leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, \u003ci\u003eThe Appetite Factory\u003c\/i\u003e examines the earliest days of our post-truth era, where a scandal-obsessed news cycle and social media's rise as an information platform have given birth to a culture addicted to recreational outrage and hell-bent on finding the next public figure to disgrace to keep ourselves entertained. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Keylight Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684428700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Jon Gingerich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303850348725,"sku":"9781684428700","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_83c48bf4-c3f0-4d65-8ac9-50009bc0a549.jpg?v=1658842723","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-appetite-factory-9781684428700","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}