{"product_id":"the-nirvana-blues-9780805063400","title":"The Nirvana Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis final volume in John Nichols's acclaimed New Mexico trilogy, (\"Gentle, funny, transcendent.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike its predecessors, \u003ci\u003eThe Nirvana Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is a lusty, visionary novel that blends comedy and tragedy, reality and fantasy, tenderness and bite, to illuminate some very troubling truths about America--truths no less pointed and accurate today than they were decades ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The seventies are over. All across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together--and getting older. The once-tight Chicano community of Chamisaville is long gone, and the Anglo power brokers control almost everything. Joe Miniver--faithful husband, loving father, and all-around good guy--is about to sink roots. To buy the land he wants, he dreams up a coke scam that will net him the necessary bread. Joe is also about to embark on a series of erotic adventures with three headstrong women, bringing him face-to-face with the terrors (and absurdity) of the modern man-woman scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nirvana Blues \u003c\/i\u003eis part of John Nichols's New Mexico trilogy, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Milagro Beanfield War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Nichols\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2023) was the acclaimed author of the New Mexico trilogy. Beginning with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Milagro Beanfield War\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into a film by Robert Redford, the series of novels grew from regional stature to national appeal, from literary radicals to cult classics. Beloved for his compassionate, richly comic vision and admired for his insight into the cancer that accompanies unbridled progress, Nichols was also the author of a dozen novels and several works of nonfiction. He lived in northern New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656037962002,"sku":"9780805063400","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8827804e-343c-436e-8c85-db0e275e044f.jpg?v=1733383549","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nirvana-blues-9780805063400","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}