{"product_id":"slumberland-9781250789419","title":"Slumberland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hip break-out novel from 2016 Man Booker Prize winning author, Paul Beatty, about a disaffected Los Angeles DJ who travels to post-Wall Berlin in search of his transatlantic doppelganger.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best writers of his generation, Paul Beatty turns his creative eye to man's search for meaning and identity in an increasingly chaotic world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city's dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods, the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic-and spiritual-other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFerocious, bombastic, and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Paul Beatty and belongs on the shelf next to Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and Junot Diaz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Beatty \u003c\/b\u003eis author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSlumberland, Tuff, The White Boy Shuffle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sellout\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2016 Man Booker Prize\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBig Bank Take Little Bank\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoker, Joker, Deuce.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHe was the editor of \u003ci\u003eHokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650284392722,"sku":"9781250789419","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f8c0368-b5b6-41cd-a00c-c5fc52968348.jpg?v=1733285499","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slumberland-9781250789419","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}