{"product_id":"9781471128400-dakota-winters","title":"The Dakota Winters","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe highly anticipated new novel from the much-lauded author of \u003ci\u003eStay Up With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the famous Dakota building in the year preceding John Lennon's assassination\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy turns hilarious and poignant, \u003ci\u003eThe Dakota Winters \u003c\/i\u003eis a family drama, a page-turning social novel, and a tale of a critical moment in the history of New York City in the year leading up to John Lennon’s assassination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Conjures a gritty, populous, affectionate portrait of 1979 New York City’ \u003cb\u003eJennifer Egan, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s the fall of 1979 when 23-year-old \u003cb\u003eAnton Winter\u003c\/b\u003e, back from the Peace Corps and on the mend from a nasty bout of malaria, returns to his childhood home in the Dakota in New York City. Anton’s father, the famous late-night host \u003cb\u003eBuddy Winter \u003c\/b\u003eis there to greet him, himself recovering from a breakdown. Before long Anton is swept up in an effort to reignite Buddy’s stalled career, a mission that takes him from the gritty streets of New York, to the slopes of the Lake Placid Olympics, to the Hollywood Hills, to the blue waters of the Bermuda Triangle, and brings him into close quarters with the likes of Johnny Carson, Ted and Joan Kennedy, and a seagoing John Lennon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But the more Anton finds himself enmeshed in his father’s professional and spiritual reinvention, the more he questions his own path, and fissures in the Winter family begin to threaten their close bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Deft, funny, touching, and sharply observed, \u003c\/b\u003ea marvel of tone, and a skillful evocation of a dark passage in the history of New York City, when all the fearful ironies of the world we live in now first came stalking into view’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eMoonglow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This is a crazily charming novel … \u003c\/b\u003eI wanted to begin a new life in these pages, with these characters. I wanted to trade worlds with them. This is a wise and seductive story that feels truer than true, as only the very finest fiction does’\u003cb\u003e Walter Kirn, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eUp in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A thought-provoking time capsule… if you were a fan of TV’s \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, you might very well love this novel as much as I did’ \u003cb\u003eWally Lamb\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eShe’s Come Undone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31626651369569,"sku":"9781471128400","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31850452.jpg?v=1734681872","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471128400-dakota-winters","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}