{"product_id":"home-land-9780312424183","title":"Home Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if somebody finally wrote to his high school alumni bulletin and told...the truth! \u003ci\u003eHome Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant work from novelist Sam Lipsyte, whom Jeffrey Eugenides calls \"original, devious, and very funny\" and of whose first novel Chuck Palahniuk wrote, \"I laughed out loud--and I never laugh out loud.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Eastern Valley High School Alumni newsletter, Catamount Notes, is bursting with tales of success: former students include a bankable politician and a famous baseball star, not to mention a major-label recording artist. Then there is the appalling, yet utterly lovable, Lewis Miner, class of '89--a.k.a Teabag--who did not pan out.\u003ci\u003e Home Land\u003c\/i\u003e is his confession in all its bitter, lovelorn glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Believer Book Award\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times Notable Book of the Year \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Lipsyte was born in 1968. He is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eVenus Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of the top twenty-five books of its year by the Voice Literary Supplement) and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Steve\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Astoria, Queens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491674067218,"sku":"9780312424183","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a9d02c0-c65c-4ad7-b1e0-c4762f355741.jpg?v=1730548218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/home-land-9780312424183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}