{"product_id":"demolition-night-9780692071380","title":"Demolition Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica, the not-too-distant future. Citizens are indefinitely contracted to megacorporations in a system that is slavery in everything but name. Sundra Glassgarden, one of the enslaved, can't take it anymore. To change her fate, she steals a time machine with the goal of killing the mother of Octavio Velez, the charismatic president who created this nightmare. Meanwhile, in 1979, Archie London, a pugilistic cop-turned-private eye, is on his own messianic mission in decrepit New York, single-handedly battling a gang he believes is a threat to life itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Along the way, Archie stumbles upon the most remarkable woman he has ever met: 21-year-old Lolita Velez. Waiting for Lolita--and love-struck Archie--is Sundra, hell-bent on freeing her future by undoing the past. \u003cem\u003eDemolition Night\u003c\/em\u003e is a satirical yet haunting novel about love and fate and technology's grim promise, about the sibilating streets of New York and the utopias we can never have--and why we keep struggling anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarkan, Ross:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ross Barkan grew up in Brooklyn, New York. His journalism and writings have appeared in The Village Voice, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and elsewhere.","brand":"Ross Barkan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912519946514,"sku":"9780692071380","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_934ee3f3-ad64-425c-a101-823217aa393a.jpg?v=1738773039","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/demolition-night-9780692071380","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}