{"product_id":"turn-of-the-century-kurt-andersen-9780385335041","title":"Turn of the Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A big, sprawling book . . . [Kurt Andersen has] infused it with so much inventive imagination. . . . Should be put in a Manhattan time capsule with the note: 'This is how we lived at the turn of the century.' \"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his brash, brilliant first novel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Kurt Andersen casts a penetrating eye on our giddy, media-obsessed era. With a keen sense of irony and a storyteller's grace, he weaves a tale that is at once a biting satire and a wickedly incisive portrait of marriage, family, love, and friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The millennium is here. BarbieWorld has opened in Las Vegas. Charles Manson's parole hearing is on live TV. And George and Lizzie are a Manhattan power couple with three kids in private school and take-out from Hiroshima Boy waiting at the door. Lizzie owns a software start-up. George is a TV producer. With cell phones tickling their thighs and gossip buzzing in their ears, their future couldn't be brighter. Until, that is, Lizzie cuts a deal with George's boss and gets an office \u003ci\u003etwenty-one floors\u003c\/i\u003e above her husband's. Until all the glitter and the hype threaten to destroy George's and Lizzie's sanity and their marriage. Until the only thing that can save them is a little understanding--at a time when everyone is talking but no one hears a thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Savagely subversive . . . a smart, funny and excruciatingly deft portrait of our age.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Inspired . . . astonishing . . . very funny.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A big, Tom Wolfe-ish New York comic novel . . . on the last breath of the century.\"--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurt Andersen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385335040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385335041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.12w x 1.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2000 pg. 24","brand":"Kurt Andersen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457673933055,"sku":"9780385335041","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_687cee63-5993-4c91-8238-ec1ee65f265d.jpg?v=1777400409","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turn-of-the-century-kurt-andersen-9780385335041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}