{"product_id":"private-citizens-9780062399106","title":"Private Citizens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRIVATE CITIZENS was named a best book of the year by \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\/Vulture, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, \u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, Electric Literature and The Millions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Amazon Best Book of the Month in the Literature \u0026amp; Fiction Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Buzzfeed \"Most Exciting\" Book of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Flavorwire \"Most Anticipated\" Book of 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e calls \u003cem\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e \"the first great millennial novel.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Cline calls it \"brilliant.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a brilliant new literary talent comes a sweeping comic portrait of privilege, ambition, and friendship in millennial San Francisco. With the social acuity of Adelle Waldman and the murderous wit of Martin Amis, Tony Tulathimutte's \u003cem\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e is a brainy, irreverent debut--\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e for a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapturing the anxious, self-aware mood of young college grads in the aughts, \u003cem\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e embraces the contradictions of our new century: call it a loving satire. A gleefully rude comedy of manners\u003cem\u003e. Middlemarch \u003c\/em\u003efor Millennials. The novel's four whip-smart narrators--idealistic Cory, Internet-lurking Will, awkward Henrik, and vicious Linda--are torn between fixing the world and cannibalizing it. In boisterous prose that ricochets between humor and pain, the four estranged friends stagger through the Bay Area's maze of tech startups, protestors, gentrifiers, karaoke bars, house parties, and cultish self-help seminars, washing up in each other's lives once again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wise and searching depiction of a generation grappling with privilege and finding grace in failure, \u003cem\u003ePrivate Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e is as expansively intelligent as it is full of heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6714282\"\u003eTony Tulathimutte\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062399106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062399101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC016000\"\u003eHumorous | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529165074669,"sku":"9780062399106","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bfa71ca9-c1b2-48e9-b15d-4273b6797152.jpg?v=1701396670","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/private-citizens-9780062399106","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}