{"product_id":"with-child-andy-martin-9781509538225","title":"With Child: Lee Child and the Readers of Jack Reacher","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a foreword by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndy Martin spent a year in the company of Lee Child, creator of tough-guy hero Jack Reacher. \u003ci\u003eWith Child\u003c\/i\u003e is the diary of their adventures, tracking the publication and reception of \u003ci\u003eMake Me\u003c\/i\u003e, the writing of \u003ci\u003eNight School\u003c\/i\u003e at an apartment in Manhattan, the filming of \u003ci\u003eNever Go Back\u003c\/i\u003e in New Orleans, all the agony and ecstasy of the creative process and the sheer hard work of selling a bestseller. They go on the road together, from TV studios to bookstores, from Harvard to Stockholm, amid literary conferences and gunshows, rivalries and reviews ranging from adulatory to murderous. We meet fellow writers like Stephen King and David Lagercrantz and Karin Slaughter, and dissect the latest novel from Jonathan Franzen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut Martin also reaches out to Child's legion of readers in America and around the world. He tracks down a woman in Texas whose name appears in the home invasion scene in \u003ci\u003eMake Me\u003c\/i\u003e; he goes up a mountain in Montana in search of the only reader who thinks Reacher is a \"lightweight\"; and he talks to obsessive fans from Europe to South Africa who find salvation or consolation in the colossal form of Jack Reacher. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compelling account of life on the road with Lee Child demonstrates that readers are just as important as writers in the making of modern fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509538224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509538225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2019 pg. 1","brand":"Andy Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153716523263,"sku":"9781509538225","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_020b2bcb-97af-49d5-93ca-0ed5ab6512b0.jpg?v=1770785352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/with-child-andy-martin-9781509538225","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}