{"product_id":"the-gold-bug-variations-9780063140332","title":"The Gold Bug Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Nominee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory \u003c\/em\u003eand the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eBewilderment\u003c\/em\u003e, a magnificent double love story of two young couples separated by a distance of twenty-five years. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most lavishly ambitious American novel since \u003cem\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e . . . An outright marvel.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart Ressler, a brilliant young molecular biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes--social, moral, musical, spiritual--and he falls in love with a member of his research team. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYears later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different scientific mystery: Why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science? Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed third novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers, \u003cem\u003eThe Gold Bug Variations\u003c\/em\u003e is an intellectual tour-de-force that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Powers\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of thirteen novels. His most recent, \u003cem\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Award, and he has been a four-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718730354962,"sku":"9780063140332","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_caa503af-e5bc-4984-a5a0-a1bba48bb966.jpg?v=1734648243","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gold-bug-variations-9780063140332","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}