{"product_id":"9780008706166-play-it-as-it-lays","title":"Play It As It Lays","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cem\u003eOne thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what ‘nothing’ means, and keep on playing\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eSomewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeth’s life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eMore than five decades after its original publication, \u003cem\u003ePlay it as it Lays \u003c\/em\u003eremains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41684731953249,"sku":"9780008706166","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27035577.jpg?v=1721462606","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008706166-play-it-as-it-lays","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}