{"product_id":"anything-is-good-9781504094030","title":"Anything Is Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo Bronx boys take radically different paths in a novel about the limits of genius and the loss of home, by a \"terrifically gifted\" author (Anita Shreve, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stars Are Fire\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ralph Silverman was a childhood buddy, a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, a boy genius. He held long conversations with his pet parakeet and spent countless hours on a computer, creating mesmerizing music and solving problems in philosophy. He was a friend of great scholars and the son of a wealthy outer-borough businessman with shady associates and a second family. And, as he begins to take over the story from the narrator, he has found himself in South Florida, physically abused and then expelled into an unfamiliar world--with a broken pair of glasses, no money, and no shoes--by the distant cousin his sister left him with before disappearing forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for Bobby Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnything is Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a hypnotically compelling tale of a man haunted by the fate of his childhood buddy, and of that friend's pleasures and misfortunes as he navigates an unhoused life--a life more complex and dramatic than a bypasser might ever imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Fred Waitzkin's previous books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Very few writers can deliver a story with this much heart...a great novel.\"--Sebastian Junger \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Waitzkin's propulsive narrative makes for compelling reading from first page to last.\"--Gabriel Byrne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gem of a book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Waitzkin was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1943. When he was a teenager he wavered between wanting to spend his life as a fisherman, Afro Cuban drummer, or novelist. He went to Kenyon College and did graduate study at New York University. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Sunday Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eSearching for Bobby Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e, was made into a major motion picture released in 1993. His other books are \u003ci\u003eMortal Games\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Marlin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e. Recently, he has completed an original screenplay, \u003ci\u003eThe Rave\u003c\/i\u003e. Waitzkin lives in Manhattan with his wife, Bonnie, and has two children, Josh and Katya, and two grandsons, Jack and Charlie. He spends as much time as possible on the bridge of his old boat, \u003ci\u003eThe Ebb Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, trolling baits off distant islands with his family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175176569106,"sku":"9781504094030","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11a6355d-2e19-43a4-a594-61b28e90cb23.jpg?v=1744287477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anything-is-good-9781504094030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}