{"product_id":"dead-stars-paperback-by-bruce-wagner","title":"Dead Stars Paperback by Bruce Wagner","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePlume\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-07-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e656\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780142196878\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e512.57\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.34 x 13.79 x 3.38\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eLondon Fields\u003c\/i\u003e of Los Angeles, the \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e of TMZ culture—an immensely literate, fearsomely interior novel about people who are neither.”—Tom Bissell, \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age thirteen, Telma is famous as the world’s youngest breast cancer survivor until threatened with obscurity by a four-year-old who’s just undergone a mastectomy…. Reeyonna believes that auditioning for pregnant teenage porn will help fulfill her dream of befriending Kanye West…. Jackie, a photographer once celebrated for arty nudes of her young daughter, is working at a Sears Family Portrait boutique…. And Oscar-winning Michael Douglas searches for meaning while his wife, Catherine, guest-stars on \u003ci\u003eGlee\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving forward with the inexorable force of a tsunami, \u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is Bruce Wagner’s most lavish and remarkable translation yet of the national zeitgeist: post-privacy porn culture, a Kardashianworld of rapid-cycling, disposable narrative where reality-show triumph is the new American narcotic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e is a screenwriter and the author of several books, including\u003ci\u003e Dead Stars,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemorial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStill Holding\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552184651937,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780142196878","price":39.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780142196878.jpg?v=1781702404","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/dead-stars-paperback-by-bruce-wagner","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}