{"product_id":"the-delivery-man-9780802170422","title":"The Delivery Man","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Delivery Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling and astonishing debut--a scary, fast-paced, and illuminating portrait of the MySpace generation. It is a love story set against the surreal excess of Las Vegas--and the artificial suburbs, gated communities, and freeways that surround it--where broken lives come to seek new beginnings and casinos feed the lust of tourists and residents alike. Ultrasophisticated local kids grow up fast and burn out early. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter attending college in New York, Chase returns to Vegas and is drawn into the lucrative but dangerous world of a teenage call-girl service with his childhood friend Michele, a beautiful Salvadoran immigrant with whom he shares a tragic past. Over the course of one extraordinary summer they will confront the violence and emptiness at the heart of the city and their generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once stark and electrically atmospheric, horrifying and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eThe Delivery Man\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious literary novel as well as a fast and absorbing page-turner--and a powerful indictment of a society in which personal responsibility has been abandoned, lust is increasingly mistaken for love, and innocence is an anachronism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2007 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 1072\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2008 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joe McGinniss Jr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40843229298869,"sku":"9780802170422","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_667951ba-21b3-49d4-9746-fe28e3af965a.jpg?v=1629807326","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-delivery-man-9780802170422","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}