{"product_id":"9781101981511","title":"Eastman Was Here: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eGilvarry, Alex\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/6\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A clever send-up of Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Richard Ford.” –\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious set in the literary world of 1970s New York, following a washed-up writer in an errant quest to pick up the pieces of his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Esquire's Best books of the year (So Far), The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of the Second Half of the year, and BuzzFeed\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003es Exciting New Books You Need To Read This Summer, nominated for the PEN Open Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The year is 1973, and Alan Eastman, a public intellectual, accidental cultural critic, washed-up war journalist, husband, and philanderer; finds himself alone on the floor of his study in an existential crisis. His wife has taken their kids and left him to live with her mother in New Jersey, and his best work feels as though it is years behind him. In the depths of despair, he receives an unexpected and unwelcome phone call from his old rival dating back to his days on the Harvard literary journal, offering him the chance to go to Vietnam to write the definitive account of the end of America's longest war. Seeing his opportunity to regain his wife’s love and admiration while reclaiming his former literary glory, he sets out for Vietnam. But instead of the return to form as a pioneering war correspondent that he had hoped for, he finds himself in Saigon, grappling with the same problems he thought he'd left back in New York. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Following his widely acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant\u003c\/i\u003e, Alex Gilvarry employs the same thoughtful, yet dark sense of humor in \u003ci\u003eEastman Was Here\u003c\/i\u003e to capture one irredeemable man's search for meaning in the face of advancing age, fading love, and a rapidly-changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With his second book, Gilvarry establishes himself as a writer who defies expectation, convention and categorization. \u003ci\u003eEastman Was Here \u003c\/i\u003eis a dark, riotously funny and audacious exploration of the sacred and the profane—and pretty much everything in between.” —Téa Obreht, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43380513636607,"sku":"9781101981511","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781101981511_s600x595.jpg?v=1775582924","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781101981511","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}