{"product_id":"the-empty-glass-9780142196786","title":"The Empty Glass","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"J. I. Baker takes a bold run into Cain and DeLillo territory and scores.\" --Barry Gifford, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early-morning hours of August 5, 1962, Los Angeles County deputy coroner Ben Fitzgerald arrives at the home of the world's most famous movie star, now lying dead in her bedroom. There he discovers \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e--Marilyn Monroe's diary--revealing a doomed love affair with a man she refers to only as \"The General.\" In the following days, Ben unravels a cover-up that implicates the Kennedys, the Mafia, and the CIA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon the sinister and surreal accounts recorded in \u003ci\u003eThe Book \u003c\/i\u003ebleed into Ben's own life, and he finds himself trapped--like Monroe--in a deepening paranoid conspiracy. A knockout combination of fact and legend, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting debut thriller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142196786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d","brand":"J. I. Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258196689077,"sku":"9780142196786","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_81183732-067b-493b-943d-133cdc4c249b.jpg?v=1750814360","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-empty-glass-9780142196786","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}