{"product_id":"9780241984086-lake-success","title":"Lake Success","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Over 50 Best of 2018 listings worldwide*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gary Shteyngart hears America perfectly\u003c\/b\u003e; its fatuity, its poignant lament, its boisterous self-loathing. Its heartbeat. Reading him sometimes makes me want to scream - with recognition and with \u003cb\u003epure hilarity'\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riotously satirical road trip through modern America from the brilliant author of \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarry Cohen, master of the universe, has just had a very public meltdown involving a dinner party, an insider trading investigation and a $30,000 bottle of Japanese whisky. So he flees New York City, leaving behind his beautiful young wife and son, but remembering to bring his six favourite designer watches. Zig-zagging south through Trump's America on a Greyhound Bus pilgrimmage he is singularly unprepared for, Barry heads to Texas - to find his old college girlfriend and, with her, a shot at a second chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLake Success marries\u003c\/i\u003e the trademark Shteyngart wit with an astonishing emotional resonance, capturing the vivid eccentricity and contradictions of America right now while speaking to the universal human experience of love, belonging, and the pursuit of happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A trip through the American wasteland - from the people who have too little, to the people who have too much. \u003cb\u003eIncredibly smart, incredibly funny, incredibly tragic, and therefore incredibly human\u003c\/b\u003e, this is the perfect novel for these dysfunctional times' - Nathan Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The funniest book you'll read all year\u003c\/b\u003e. A rollicking and zinger-filled road trip [that] sneakily deepens into a poignant tale of a man trying to outrace his problems.I was utterly floored' - Maria Semple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stupendous. \u003cb\u003eReflecting with perfect comedy and horrible tragedy exactly what America feels like right this minute\u003c\/b\u003e. I barked with laughter at the same time as wincing in pain' Elizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449664975222,"sku":"9780241984086","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32292163.jpg?v=1760446371","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241984086-lake-success","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}