{"product_id":"the-sightseers-9781735482101","title":"The Sightseers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"They come at you at five hundred miles per hour. That's how it starts...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear the end of a long spring tourist season, an exhausted Jack Cort meets his next group for four jam-packed days in the Big Apple. Hoping this \"combo\" of visitors from Seattle and rural Georgia will be like any other, he watches with panic as the trip rapidly spins out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom hostility in Little Italy and a miscommunication at Grand Central to a disturbing discovery in Times Square and physical blows in a downtown cemetery, Jack will come to learn that the baggage these people brought from home wasn't limited to what they packed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eSuspension\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a wholly original comic novel. Join these 35 sightseers on the bustling sidewalks of New York City as they try their best to meet the challenge of our modern world-interacting constantly, and much too quickly, with people they only partially understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestfield, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Westfield was born outside of Washington, D.C., and grew up in Japan, Hawaii, California, West Virginia, and Maryland. He has lived in New York since 1990 and given tours of the city since 1997. Suspension, his debut novel, was published by Harper Perennial and won two Lambda Literary Awards. The Sightseers is his second novel. www.RobertWestfield.com www.StoriedCity.co","brand":"Storied City","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561592754450,"sku":"9781735482101","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe474304-96fb-4a07-8fb5-4e574f11c859.jpg?v=1731848543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sightseers-9781735482101","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}