{"product_id":"book-dj02","title":"Outside the Gates of Eden","description":"\"Outside the Gates of Eden is a powerful piece of work. Shiner writes about music, and the making of music, better than anyone I know. He gets across the tremendous excitement of the early days of rock and roll, the peace movement, Woodstock and the Summer of Love-but also the heartbreak of failure, betrayal, and loss. The prose is terrific, and the sense of time and place is first rate. A brilliant requiem for our generation and all our dreams.\" -George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones What happened to the idealism of the 1960s? This question has haunted a generation. Outside the Gates of Eden follows two men from their first meeting in high school to their final destination in the twenty-first century. Alex is torn between his father's business empire and his own artistic yearnings. Cole finds his calling at a Bob Dylan concert in 1965. From the Summer of Love in San Francisco to Woodstock, from campus protests to the SoHo loft scene, from a commune in Virginia to the outlaw country music of Austin, the novel charts the rise and fall of the counterculture-and what came after. Using the music business as a window into half a century, Outside the Gates of Eden is both epic and intimate, starkly realistic and ultimately hopeful, a War and Peace for the Woodstock generation.","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49378068365616,"sku":"BDdj02","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49378068398384,"sku":"ZEdj02","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49378068431152,"sku":"ZMdj02","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/329977-dj02-Square.jpg?v=1734928202","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dj02","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}