{"product_id":"vagablonde-9781668246412","title":"Vagablonde","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePerfume and Pain\u003c\/i\u003e comes a razor-sharp portrait of ambition and the dark allure of fame as a young lawyer pursues her dreams of viral rap stardom, at any cost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrue is a thirty-year-old attorney who wants two things--the first is to live without psychotropic medication, and the second is to experience success as a rap artist. Her life is good on paper: she has an easy government job and a nice girlfriend who gets her in to all the right shows, but she wants to truly \u003ci\u003ethrive\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Prue is introduced to music producer Jax Jameson, a human disco ball as manic and unpredictable as he is talented, they instantly vibe. Prue joins Jax's \"Kingdom,\" a collective of musicians and artists who share Prue's aesthetic sensibilities and lust for escapism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, she's off her meds, closing her law practice, and becoming entangled with a suspect crew of heavy drug users. The group they form, Shiny AF, quickly reaches cult status and using the stage name Vagablonde, Prue finds herself in a new reality dependent on self-commodification and her growing fandom's approval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn existential exploration of the toxicity of viral fame, \u003ci\u003eVagablonde\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"intoxicating\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) and tumultuous portrait of life in Los Angeles and announces Anna Dorn as a fierce new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668246412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Anna Dorn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241155682485,"sku":"9781668246412","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vagablonde-9781668246412","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}