{"product_id":"the-plague-year-john-david-wells-9780595318766","title":"The Plague Year","description":"Set against the backdrop of a deeply troubled, psychotic female student infecting men with the AIDS virus and a fanatical board member taking over the college, \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e is a Swiftian black satire of college life in the mid-nineties. \u003cp\u003eThis haunting detective story echoes Daniel Defoe's \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e in its stunning depiction of the horrors and fears of a spreading disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing indictment of modern college life and delves deeply into the self-absorbed, narcissistic lives of some contemporary college students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen a favorite professor does not return for the school year, two students, Danny, a journalist for the school paper, and Emily, a philosophy major, join forces to find out why the professor did not return to teaching. Their findings are shocking and the whole school is thrown into turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the end, readers will become strangely attracted to these college students, who yearn to escape the emptiness of their lives and find meaning in a chaotic and disturbing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John David Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595318762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595318766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"John David Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435532988671,"sku":"9780595318766","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bc07d6e-aaae-409c-a299-d9d0f97f9096.jpg?v=1777151005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-plague-year-john-david-wells-9780595318766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}