{"product_id":"preparation-for-the-next-life-9798217008179","title":"Preparation for the Next Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/FAULKNER PRIZE • A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK • A BEST BOOK OF 2014: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed • \u003c\/i\u003eSOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrad Skinner hitchhikes to New York, newly returned from three tours in Iraq, hoping to exorcise his demons and reacclimate to American society. Zou Lei, an undocumented immigrant from Central Asia, catches a bus into the city, searching for a way to get by—or at least stay out of jail. Skinner and Zou Lei meet each other in the margins of Queens, each finding something they long for in the other, and their unlikely love story becomes the beating heart of this story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the underbelly of New York, \u003ci\u003ePreparation for the Next Life\u003c\/i\u003e exposes an America as seen from the fringes of society and, in devastating detail, destroys the myth of the American Dream through two of the most remarkable characters in contemporary fiction. Powerful, realistic and raw, \u003ci\u003ePreparation for the Next Life\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most ambitious—and necessary—novels of our time.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360851951959,"sku":"9798217008179","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9798217008179.jpg?v=1754128609","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/preparation-for-the-next-life-9798217008179","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}