{"product_id":"someone-comes-to-town-someone-leaves-town-9781250196460","title":"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe repackaged trade paperback of Cory Doctorow's miraculous novel of family history, Internet connectivity, and magical secrets--now with a new cover \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan is a middle-aged entrepeneur who moves to a bohemian neighborhood of Toronto. Living next door is a young woman who reveals to him that she has wings--which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain, his mother is a washing machine, and among his brothers are sets of Russian nesting dolls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow two of the three dolls are on his doorstep, starving, because their innermost member has vanished. It appears that Davey, another brother who Alan and his siblings killed years ago, may have returned, bent on revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnder the circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to join a scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet, spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles from scavenged parts. But Alan's past won't leave him alone--and Davey isn't the only one gunning for him and his friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhipsawing between the preposterous, the amazing, and the deeply felt, \u003ci\u003eSomeone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike any novel you have ever read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCORY DOCTOROW is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an MIT Media Lab Research Associate and a visiting professor of Computer Science at the Open University. His award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother \u003c\/i\u003eand its sequel \u003ci\u003eHomeland \u003c\/i\u003ewere a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. Born and raised in Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514995118354,"sku":"9781250196460","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84955745-3c79-4f86-aa47-461a04be970b.jpg?v=1730996587","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/someone-comes-to-town-someone-leaves-town-9781250196460","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}