{"product_id":"the-way-the-world-works-9781416572480","title":"The Way the World Works","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author Nicholson Baker has assembled a \"provocative and entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of his most original and brilliant pieces from the last fifteen years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the \u003ci\u003eOED\u003c\/i\u003e, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola, Nicholson Baker ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. \u003ci\u003eThe Way the World Works\u003c\/i\u003e is a keen-minded, generous-spirited compendium by a modern American master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaker, Nicholson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNicholson Baker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eDouble Fold, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eHouse of Holes\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Maine with his family.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334651318546,"sku":"9781416572480","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7d1ba4f-027d-4b07-9cf6-264383db441f.jpg?v=1727892767","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-way-the-world-works-9781416572480","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}