{"product_id":"saturday-night-9781451660982","title":"Saturday Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Susan Orlean, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRin Tin Tin\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a new edition of her first book, a quirky classic of narrative journalism that offers an irresistible portrait of how Saturday night in America is lived--with a new Afterword by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years ago, before she wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief \u003c\/i\u003eor was hailed as \"a national treasure\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Orlean was a journalist with a question: What makes Saturday night so special? To answer it, she embarked on a remarkable journey across the country and spent the evening with all sorts of people in all sorts of places--hipsters in Los Angeles, car cruisers in small-town Indiana, coeds in Boston, the homeless in New York, a lounge band in Portland, quincea era revelers in Phoenix, and more--to chronicle the one night of the week when we do the things we want to do rather than the things we need to do. The result is an irresistible portrait of how Saturday night in America is lived that remains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003esince 1992. She is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRin Tin Tin\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her online at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com\/SusanOrlean.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515270861074,"sku":"9781451660982","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dced43da-3268-437a-a8e3-10120100b9f7.jpg?v=1731001578","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saturday-night-9781451660982","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}