{"product_id":"candy-everybody-wants-josh-kilmer-purcell-9780061336966","title":"Candy Everybody Wants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A balls-out joyride through eighties pop culture that enlightens as much as it exhilarates.\" --Armistead Maupin, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMichael Tolliver Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eI Am Not Myself These Days\u003c\/em\u003e comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in between.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJayson Blocher is tired of worshiping pop culture; he wants to be part of it. So he's off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from rural Wisconsin to a New York escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, to a Hollywood sitcom set. Somewhere out there his destiny awaits--along with the discovery of first love, some unusual coincidences, a kidnapping mystery . . . and the sobering truth that being America's sweetheart can leave a very sour aftertaste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josh Kilmer-Purcell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061336963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061336966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.28w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2008 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2008 pg. 512","brand":"Josh Kilmer-Purcell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946135191807,"sku":"9780061336966","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ec2a5b44-dce1-4807-8376-db72406e4bf4.jpg?v=1681511711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/candy-everybody-wants-josh-kilmer-purcell-9780061336966","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}