{"product_id":"lost-property-ben-sonnenberg-9781681374222","title":"Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA smart and hilarious memoir of privilege and excess told by the son of a powerful, seductive member of the New York elite.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen Sonnenberg grew up in the great house on Gramercy Park in New York City that his father, the inventor of modern public relations and the owner of a fine collection of art, built to celebrate his rise from the poverty of the Jewish Lower East Side to a life of riches and power. His son could have what he wanted, except perhaps what he wanted most: to get away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Property\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of memoirs and confessions, is a tale of youthful riot and rebellion. Sonnenberg recounts his aesthetic, sexual, and political education, and a sometimes absurd flight into \"anarchy and sabotage,\" in which he reports to both the CIA and East German intelligence during the Cold War and, cultivating a dandy's nonchalance, pursues a life of sexual adventure in 1960s London and New York. The cast of characters includes Orson Welles, Glenn Gould, and Sylvia Plath; among the subjects are marriage, children, infidelity, debt, divorce, literature, and multiple sclerosis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe end is surprisingly happy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Sonnenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681374226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681374222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Ben Sonnenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930870464767,"sku":"9781681374222","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_288c2a93-f124-4241-99a2-721a51c1b2ea.jpg?v=1766344845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-property-ben-sonnenberg-9781681374222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}