{"product_id":"the-lemon-9780593490440","title":"The Lemon","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet in the intersecting worlds of fine dining, Hollywood, and the media, a darkly hilarious and ultimately affecting story about the underside of success and fame, and our ongoing complicity in devouring our cultural heroes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile filming on location in Belfast, Northern Ireland, John Doe, the universally adored host of the culinary travel show \u003ci\u003eLast Call\u003c\/i\u003e, is found dead in a hotel room in an apparent suicide. As the news of his untimely demise breaks, a group of friends, fixers, hustlers, and opportunists vie to seize control of the narrative: Doe's chess-master of an agent Nia, ready to call in every favor she is owed to preserve his legacy; down-on-her-luck journalist Katie, who fabricates a story about Doe to save her job at a failing website; and world-famous chef Paolo Cabrini, Doe's closest friend and confidant, who finds himself entangled with a deranged Belfast hotel worker whose lurid secret might just take them all down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith raucous, deliciously cutting prose, crackling dialogue, and an unpredictable, tightly plotted story line--bolstered by the authors' insider knowledge of high-end restaurants and low-end digital media--\u003ci\u003eThe Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly hilarious and ultimately devastating interrogation of the underside of success and fame, and our ongoing complicity in devouring the cultural heroes we hardly deserve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593490440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S. E. Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370653126837,"sku":"9780593490440","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8025fa82-307e-4d92-a470-a6a7f5c988de.jpg?v=1663041339","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lemon-9780593490440","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}