{"product_id":"the-inner-circle-9780143035862","title":"The Inner Circle","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"a fascinating, fictional rendering of what life might have been like doing research for infamous sex professor Alfred Kinsey\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A biting satire of emotional manipulation, sexual indiscretion, and scientific hubris.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1940, John Milk, a virginal young man, accepts a job as an assistant to Dr. Alfred Kinsey, and extraordinarily charming professor of zoology at Indiana University who has just discovered his life's true calling: sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a member of Kinsey's \"inner circle\" of researchers, Milk and his beautiful new wife are called on to participate in sexual experiments that become increasingly uninhibited--and problematic for his marriage. For in his later years, Kinsey, who behind closed doors is a sexual enthusiast of the first order, ever more recklessly pushed the boundaries both personally and professionally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt heart a moving and compassionate look at sex, marriage, jealousy, and infidelity, \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Circle \u003c\/i\u003emakes use of Alfred Kinsey's controversial studies on human sexuality to create an irresistible tale about the interaction between our human and animal natures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT. C. Boyle is the author of eleven novels, including \u003cb\u003eWorld's End\u003c\/b\u003e (winner of the PEN\/FaulknerAward), \u003cb\u003eDrop City\u003c\/b\u003e (a \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003cb\u003eThe Inner Circle\u003c\/b\u003e. His most recent story collections are \u003cb\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Human Fly and Other Stories\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523480457490,"sku":"9780143035862","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02035c2c-bbc2-4410-a1bf-bdaec887b5ed.jpg?v=1731148383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-inner-circle-9780143035862","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}