{"product_id":"bacon-and-egg-man-ken-wheaton-9781497660977","title":"Bacon and Egg Man","description":"In the halls of Congress, on the streets, in the media, the war on fast food is on. Tofu may be topical, but bacon is eternal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBacon and Egg Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Ken Wheaton's second novel, is a sly send-up of a politically correct food establishment, where the Northeast has split off from the rest of the United States. The new Federation is ruled by the electoral descendants of King Mike, a man who made it his mission to form a country based on good, clean living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut you can't keep good food down. And Wes Montgomery, a journalist at the last print paper in the Federation, is a mild-mannered bacon-and-egg dealer on the side. Until he gets pinched and finds himself thrust into Chief Detective Blunt's wild-eyed plot to bring down the biggest illegal food supplier in the land. To make matters worse, Wes is partnered with Detective Hillary Halstead, the cop who, while undercover, became his girlfriend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir journey takes them from submarine lairs to sushi speakeasies, from Montauk to Manhattan, where they have to negotiate with media magnate the Gawker before a climactic rendezvous with the secretive man who supplies the Northeast with its high-cholesterol contraband, the most eternal of all breakfast foods: bacon and eggs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Wheaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1497660971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497660977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Ken Wheaton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217415745791,"sku":"9781497660977","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79088458-73a3-42c1-8122-56960824f8e1.jpg?v=1771997077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bacon-and-egg-man-ken-wheaton-9781497660977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}