{"product_id":"buzz-aldrin-what-happened-to-johan-harstad-9781609801359","title":"Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Title of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBuzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?\u003c\/i\u003e, readers follow a man who wishes not to be followed, a man who, after a series of personal and professional disasters, finds himself lying on a rain-soaked road in the desolate, treeless Faroe Islands, population only a few thousand, a wad of bills in his pocket and no memory of how he had come to be there. From there, Brage Award-winning author and playwright Johan Harstad's debut novel--previously published to great success in eleven countries with its first English-language appearance in June 2011--tells the story of Mattias, a thirty-something gardener living in Stavanger, Norway, whose idol is Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon: the man who was willing to stand in Neil Armstrong's shadow in order to work, diligently and humbly, for the success of the Apollo 11 mission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough Harstad's \"delectably light but nonetheless impactful prose . . . [t]he novel's finest moments wrap you up in communion with Mattias, as if you are spending a quiet afternoon with an old friend, chatting but mostly thinking\" (\u003ci\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/i\u003e). Surrounded by a vivid and memorable cast of characters--aspiring pop musicians, Caribbean-obsessed psychologists, death-haunted photographers, girls who dream of anonymous men falling in love with them on bus trips, and even Buzz Aldrin himself--\"Harstad combines formal play and linguistic ferocity with a searing emotional directness\" (Dedi Felman, Words Without Borders) to bring Mattias to the realization that he cannot always blend into the background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johan Harstad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609801350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609801359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.33w x 1.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2011 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2011 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 2065","brand":"Johan Harstad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48459568742655,"sku":"9781609801359","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3400c38-163b-4075-93b5-0ab2c076b9bb.jpg?v=1777410512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/buzz-aldrin-what-happened-to-johan-harstad-9781609801359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}