{"product_id":"a-person-of-interest-9780143115021","title":"A Person of Interest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compelling story of a mad bomber, a suspect scientist, and paranoia in the age of terror from the National Book Award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Trust Exercise\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Flashlight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician near retirement age would seem the last person to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a colleague becomes the latest victim of a serial bomber, Lee must endure the undermining power of suspicion and face the ghosts of his past.\u003cbr\u003eWith its propulsive drive, vividly realized characters, and profound observations about soul and society, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Susan Choi's third novel is as thrilling as it is lyrical, and confirms her place as one of the most important novelists chronicling the American experience. Intricately plotted and psychologically acute, \u003ci\u003eA Person of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the fault lines of paranoia and dread that have fractured American life and asks how far one man must go to escape his regrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Choi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eTrust Exercise\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Foreign Student\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eA Person of Interest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Education\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also won the PEN\/W.G. Sebald Award and the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. The recipient of NEA and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships, she lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911215059218,"sku":"9780143115021","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_43b5236d-c041-45d5-9229-4c9fd4b168a0.jpg?v=1738733924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-person-of-interest-9780143115021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}