{"product_id":"cult-classic-9780374603397","title":"Cult Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eCult Classic\u003c\/i\u003e is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR at the Washington Post, the BBC, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, and more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in New York City's Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. And then another. And . . . another. Nothing is quite what it seems as the city becomes awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat would normally pass for coincidence becomes something far stranger as the recently engaged Lola must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship but with the fact that both her best friend and her former boss, a magazine editor turned mystical guru, might have an unhealthy investment in the outcome. Memories of the past swirl and converge in ways both comic and eerie, as Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspiring of one very contemporary cult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it possible to have a happy ending in an age when the past is ever at your fingertips and sanity is for sale? With her gimlet eye, Sloane Crosley spins a wry literary fantasy that is equal parts page-turner and poignant portrayal of alienation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSloane Crosley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Clasp\u003c\/i\u003e and the essay collections \u003ci\u003eLook Alive Out There \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers\u003ci\u003e I Was Told There'd Be Cak\u003c\/i\u003ee (a Thurber Prize finalist) and \u003ci\u003eHow Did You Get This Number\u003c\/i\u003e. A frequent contributor to\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e she lives in Manhattan\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MCD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567993852178,"sku":"9780374603397","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc1b3b36-e550-46d7-85d0-4b0ca8381c4d.jpg?v=1731935094","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cult-classic-9780374603397","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}