{"product_id":"the-gold-bug-variations-9780063140332","title":"The Gold Bug Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory \u003c\/em\u003eand the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eBewilderment\u003c\/em\u003e, a magnificent double love story of two young couples separated by a distance of twenty-five years. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most lavishly ambitious American novel since \u003cem\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e . . . An outright marvel.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart Ressler, a brilliant young molecular biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes--social, moral, musical, spiritual--and he falls in love with a member of his research team. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYears later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different scientific mystery: Why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science? Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed third novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers, \u003cem\u003eThe Gold Bug Variations\u003c\/em\u003e is an intellectual tour-de-force that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063140332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768","brand":"Richard Powers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894241210549,"sku":"9780063140332","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3ed91746-cd91-47c6-8462-86a0dc97bc5c.jpg?v=1630414928","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gold-bug-variations-9780063140332","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}