{"product_id":"pay-as-you-go-eskor-david-johnson-9781952119743","title":"Pay as You Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award. Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize. Named a best book of 2023 by NPR.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building with doormen and sweeping views of the skyline. Instead he's landed in a creaking, stuffy apartment with two roommates: a loping giant who hardly leaves his room, and a weight-obsessed neurotic who keeps no fewer than forty-seven lamps throughout the house, blazing at all hours. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnwilling to accept this fate, Slide-a barber with an opaque past-embarks on a quest for the perfect apartment, pinballing through the sprawling, madcap city of Polis and its endless procession of neighborhoods. As he bounces from foldout couch to disaster-relief tent, falling in with some tough types, Slide begins to realize that he's going to have to scratch and claw just to claim a place for himself in this world-let alone a place with in-unit laundry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exuberant, fantastical odyssey, \u003ci\u003ePay As You Go\u003c\/i\u003e wonders if what we're searching for is ever really out there. Its pages-surreal, biting, and teeming with life-announce the startling talents of Eskor David Johnson, who knows that all any of us really want is a place to rest our head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eskor David Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195211974X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952119743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2023","brand":"Eskor David Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153884393727,"sku":"9781952119743","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_759c7ff3-5d3d-40c4-bec0-f8fb7a234c2c.jpg?v=1770786485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pay-as-you-go-eskor-david-johnson-9781952119743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}