{"product_id":"a-friend-of-kissinger-david-milofsky-9780299185206","title":"A Friend of Kissinger","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this lively coming-of-age novel, young Danny Meyer lays bare a landscape of illness and despair but emerges triumphant, with a new awareness of the limitations of security and the lessons of eternity. Danny's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is broken when his father, a concert pianist and professor, is stricken with illness and must give up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee to live at the brink of poverty while his father gets sicker, his artistic mother struggles as bread-winner, and his brother becomes delusional. Here, Danny finds himself in the uncertain position of having to accept the responsibilities of manhood while still struggling with adolescence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world that keeps shifting, Danny befriends the son of a gangster and, through his brushes with that compelling world of crime, finds his way to a new confidence. Realistically portrayed, \u003ci\u003eA Friend of Kissinger\u003c\/i\u003e, captures an authentic sense of place that is one part arty, heartland Main Street and one part shady, small-time gangsterland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Milofsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299185206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299185206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.28w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2003 pg. 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 1581","brand":"David Milofsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913576677631,"sku":"9780299185206","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_93fab710-6eb3-4397-b7e6-656c3913319a.jpg?v=1680621151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-friend-of-kissinger-david-milofsky-9780299185206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}