{"product_id":"the-invention-of-sound-9781538717981","title":"The Invention of Sound","description":"\u003cb\u003eA father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over a decade, and he may finally be on the verge of discovering the awful truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Mitzi Ives has carved out a space among the Foley artists creating the immersive sounds giving Hollywood films their authenticity. Using the same secret techniques as her father before her, she's become an industry-leading expert in the sound of violence and horror, creating screams so bone-chilling, they may as well be real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon Foster and Ives find themselves on a collision course that threatens to expose the violence hidden beneath Hollywood's glamorous fa ade. A grim and disturbing reflection on the commodification of suffering and the dangerous power of art, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Sound \u003c\/i\u003eis Chuck Palahniuk at the peak of his literary powers -- his most suspenseful, most daring, and most genre-defying work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538717981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Chuck Palahniuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721567908021,"sku":"9781538717981","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_52b1396e-dc32-4f80-86e8-afb478fb6a04.jpg?v=1628607128","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-invention-of-sound-9781538717981","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}