{"product_id":"book-d1br","title":"In Persuasion Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... [But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.\"—\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis audiobook includes an original song by the author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“In Persuasion Nation” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at 365 Producer in Santa Cruz, California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49328188752176,"sku":"BDd1br","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/380724-d1br-Square.jpg?v=1733708996","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d1br","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}