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{"id":6824097906777,"title":"Alice Bliss — Harrington '76","handle":"alice-bliss-harrington-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Laura Harrington, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Alice Bliss learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. But the smell of Matt is starting to fade from his blue shirt that Alice wears everyday, and the phone calls are never long enough. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly moving coming-of-age novel about love and its many variations--the support of a small town looking after its own; love between an absent father and his daughter; the complicated love between an adolescent girl and her mother; and an exploration of new love with the boy-next-door. These characters' struggles amidst uncertain times echo our own, lending the novel an immediacy and poignancy that is both relevant and real. At once universal and very personal, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-09-22T11:43:40-04:00","created_at":"2021-09-22T11:43:38-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Books","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":2595,"price_min":2595,"price_max":2595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2595,"compare_at_price_min":2595,"compare_at_price_max":2595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39473866276953,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA395-Harrington","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Alice Bliss — Harrington '76","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2595,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780670022786","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba395-harrington-alice.jpg?v=1632325419"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba395-harrington-alice.jpg?v=1632325419","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Alice Bliss, by Laura Harrington","id":20721876271193,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba395-harrington-alice.jpg?v=1632325419"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba395-harrington-alice.jpg?v=1632325419","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Laura Harrington, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Alice Bliss learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. But the smell of Matt is starting to fade from his blue shirt that Alice wears everyday, and the phone calls are never long enough. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly moving coming-of-age novel about love and its many variations--the support of a small town looking after its own; love between an absent father and his daughter; the complicated love between an adolescent girl and her mother; and an exploration of new love with the boy-next-door. These characters' struggles amidst uncertain times echo our own, lending the novel an immediacy and poignancy that is both relevant and real. At once universal and very personal, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6576483008601,"title":"Meet Me in Paradise — Hubscher '01","handle":"meet-me-in-paradise-hubscher-01","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Libby MacKenzie Hubscher, Class of 2001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarin Cole has never: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Seen the ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Climbed a mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Taken a risk on love \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e ....But if her sister's plan works, she just might do all three.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ever since her journalist mother died on assignment, Marin has played it safe, refusing to set foot outside the state of Tennessee. Her wild-child younger sister, Sadie, has trotted the globe as a photographer, living off of art and adrenaline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003eWhen Sadie returns from a tough assignment abroad and looks a little worse for wear, Marin reluctantly agrees to a sisters' spa weekend on the tropical island of Saba. But her lifelong fear of travel is affirmed when Sadie misses the flight, Marin's luggage gets mixed up with another passenger's, and an episode of turbulence sends her hurtling into the lap of Lucas Tsai, the handsome stranger who stole her sister's seat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eFor the first time in a long time, Marin has to step outside of her comfort zone as she explores the island with Lucas and learns what she's been missing out on. With each breathtaking new experience, Marin gets closer to her real self, the man she's falling for, and the heart-wrenching truth about why she's there in the first place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-07-18T16:51:39-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-18T09:53:41-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1600,"compare_at_price_min":1600,"compare_at_price_max":1600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39331196600409,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA387-Hubscher","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Meet Me in Paradise — Hubscher '01","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780593199428","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba387-hubscher-meet.jpg?v=1621346022"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba387-hubscher-meet.jpg?v=1621346022","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":20424287092825,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":752,"width":752,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba387-hubscher-meet.jpg?v=1621346022"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":752,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba387-hubscher-meet.jpg?v=1621346022","width":752}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Libby MacKenzie Hubscher, Class of 2001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarin Cole has never: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Seen the ocean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Climbed a mountain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e Taken a risk on love \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e ....But if her sister's plan works, she just might do all three.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ever since her journalist mother died on assignment, Marin has played it safe, refusing to set foot outside the state of Tennessee. Her wild-child younger sister, Sadie, has trotted the globe as a photographer, living off of art and adrenaline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003eWhen Sadie returns from a tough assignment abroad and looks a little worse for wear, Marin reluctantly agrees to a sisters' spa weekend on the tropical island of Saba. But her lifelong fear of travel is affirmed when Sadie misses the flight, Marin's luggage gets mixed up with another passenger's, and an episode of turbulence sends her hurtling into the lap of Lucas Tsai, the handsome stranger who stole her sister's seat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eFor the first time in a long time, Marin has to step outside of her comfort zone as she explores the island with Lucas and learns what she's been missing out on. With each breathtaking new experience, Marin gets closer to her real self, the man she's falling for, and the heart-wrenching truth about why she's there in the first place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"72202390\"\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6562126561369,"title":"Temptation — Kennedy '76","handle":"temptation-kennedy-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Suddenly, he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new player in Tinsel Town, David reinvents himself at great speed -- notably and especially by walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. David takes the bait, and finds he has inadvertently entered a Faustian Pact, one that results in an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-16T16:56:03-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-16T16:53:23-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1600,"compare_at_price_min":1600,"compare_at_price_max":1600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39307093049433,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA366-Kennedy","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Temptation — Kennedy '76","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781451602104","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Temptation by Douglas Kennedy","id":20350397218905,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba366-kennedy-tempt.jpg?v=1618606504","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Suddenly, he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new player in Tinsel Town, David reinvents himself at great speed -- notably and especially by walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. David takes the bait, and finds he has inadvertently entered a Faustian Pact, one that results in an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6557958275161,"title":"A Ready-Made Life — trans. by Fulton '70","handle":"a-ready-made-life-trans-by-fulton-70","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected and translated by Bruce Fulton, Bowdoin Class of 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Kim Chong-un\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Ready Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of early modern Korean fiction to appear in English in the U.S. Written between 1921 and 1943, the sixteen stories are an excellent introduction to the riches of modern Korean fiction. They reveal a variety of settings, voices, styles, and thematic concerns, and the best of them, masterpieces written mainly in the mid-1930s, display an impressive artistic maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded among these authors are Hwang Sun-won, modern Korea's greatest short story writer; Kim Tong-in, regarded by many as the author who best captures the essence of the Korean identity; Ch'ae Man-shik, a master of irony; Yi Sang, a prominent modernist; Kim Yu-jong, whose stories are marked by a unique blend of earthy humor and compassion; Yi Kwang-su and Kim Tong-ni, modernizers of the language of twentieth-century Korean fiction; and Yi Ki-yúng, Yi T'ae-jun, and Pak T'ae-won, three writers who migrated to North Korea shortly after Liberation in 1945 and whose works were subsequently banned in South Korea until democratization in the late 1980s. One way of reading the stories, all of which were written during the Japanese occupation, is that beneath their often oppressive and gloomy surface lies an anticolonial subtext. They can also be read as a collective record of a people whose life choices were severely restricted, not just by colonization, but by education (either too little or too much, as the title story shows) and by a highly structured society that had little tolerance for those who overstepped its boundaries. Life was unremittingly onerous for many Koreans during this period, whatever their social background. In the stories, educated city folk fare little better than farmers and laborers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e A Ready-Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e will provide scholars and students with crucial access to the literature of Korea's colonial period. A generous opening essay discusses the collection in the context of modern Korean literary history, and short introductions precede each story. Here is a richly diverse testament to a modern literature that is poised to assume a long overdue place in world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-04-09T14:56:18-04:00","created_at":"2021-04-09T14:56:08-04:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39300380721241,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA358-Fulton","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Ready-Made Life — trans. by Fulton '70","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"0824820711T","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction","id":20333362675801,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba358-fulton-ready.jpg?v=1617994570","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected and translated by Bruce Fulton, Bowdoin Class of 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Kim Chong-un\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Ready Made Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of early modern Korean fiction to appear in English in the U.S. Written between 1921 and 1943, the sixteen stories are an excellent introduction to the riches of modern Korean fiction. 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James, his young son, who once was his father's shadow, distanced himself as he got older, and the disintegration of the family follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet primarily in Queens, New York in the late 1950s and 1960s, and Manhattan in the 1970s and early '80s, the story traces James Devlin and the relationships in his life, from a young boy to a married man, but it is the relationship with Dave Devlin that changes, from first putting his father on a pedestal to angering him by his reluctance to go to Vietnam, a war he feels is much different from his father's war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topic of sports is a running theme throughout \u003cem\u003eLove's Not Over 'til It's Over\u003c\/em\u003e, as well seeking the answer to the question, what does it mean to be a man, not just an Irish Catholic man? James struggles with a genetic predisposition for alcohol, drugs and his own demons. Instead of going to Vietnam, James attends college and gets a law degree, eventually prosecuting an insider trading conspiracy that has reunited some characters from his past while posing both personal and professional dilemmas. 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{"id":6543433498713,"title":"Lake City — Kohnstamm '98","handle":"lake-city-kohnstamm-98","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Thomas Kohnstamm, Class of 1998\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHunkered down in his childhood bedroom in Seattle’s worn–out Lake City neighborhood, idealistic but self–serving striver Lane Bueche licks his wounds and hatches a plot to win back his estranged Manhattanite wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce and sabotage a troubled birth mother from his neighborhood. Lane soon finds himself in a zero–sum game between the families as he straddles two cultures, classes, and worlds. Until finally, with the well–being of the toddler at stake, Lane must choose between wanting to do the right thing (if he could only figure out what that is) and reclaiming his idea of privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-10T16:59:48-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-10T16:59:47-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1695,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1695,"compare_at_price_min":1695,"compare_at_price_max":1695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39267100721241,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA319-Kohnstamm","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Lake City — Kohnstamm '98","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1695,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781640091429","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba319-kohnstamm-lake.jpg?v=1615413608"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba319-kohnstamm-lake.jpg?v=1615413608","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Lake City: A Novel, by Thomas Kohnstamm","id":20263859847257,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba319-kohnstamm-lake.jpg?v=1615413608"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba319-kohnstamm-lake.jpg?v=1615413608","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Thomas Kohnstamm, Class of 1998\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHunkered down in his childhood bedroom in Seattle’s worn–out Lake City neighborhood, idealistic but self–serving striver Lane Bueche licks his wounds and hatches a plot to win back his estranged Manhattanite wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce and sabotage a troubled birth mother from his neighborhood. Lane soon finds himself in a zero–sum game between the families as he straddles two cultures, classes, and worlds. Until finally, with the well–being of the toddler at stake, Lane must choose between wanting to do the right thing (if he could only figure out what that is) and reclaiming his idea of privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":6540466192473,"title":"The Blue Hour — Kennedy '76","handle":"the-blue-hour-kennedy-76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Douglas Kennedy, Class of 1976\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Days\u003c\/i\u003e comes a “completely absorbing and atmospheric” (Philip Kerr) novel about a woman whose husband disappears without a trace amidst the stunning, labyrinthine world of Morocco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin knew Paul wasn’t perfect. But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true. 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{"id":4766787338329,"title":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","handle":"a-dog-friendly-town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-12-22T15:13:09-05:00","created_at":"2020-12-22T15:12:17-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Children's","Fiction"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1699,"compare_at_price_min":1699,"compare_at_price_max":1699,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32324656267353,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA260-Cameron","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Dog-Friendly Town — Cameron '98","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1699,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780374306441","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron '98.","id":7515902181465,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba260-cameron-dog.jpg?v=1614023718","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Josephine Cameron '98\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJosephine Cameron's\u003c\/em\u003e A Dog-Friendly Town\u003cem\u003e is a delightful middle-grade cozy caper sure to excite dog-lovers and gentle mystery readers alike!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve-year-old Epic McDade isn't ready for middle school. He'd rather help out at his family's dog-friendly bed n' breakfast all summer, or return to his alternative elementary school in the fall, where learning feels safe. But change comes in all shapes and fur colors. When Carmelito, California is named America's #1 Dog-Friendly Town, all the top dogs and their owners pour into Epic's sleepy seaside neighborhood for a week of celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe McDades are in dog heaven with all the new business until a famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar goes missing. Every guest is a suspect, and Epic will have to embrace new friends and new ideas to sniff out the culprit before the week is through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4186288750681,"title":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? — Clarke","handle":"who-are-you-calvin-bledsoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalvin Bledsoe’s journey begins with the death of his mother. An internationally known theologian and an expert on all things John Calvin, she had been the dominant force in her son’s existence, so much so that he never left home—even when he married—and, as a result, never grew up.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAt his mother’s funeral, Calvin is introduced to his aunt Beatrice, a woman he had not even known existed. Beatrice immediately makes it clear to Calvin that she is now in charge of his life, and the first thing she is going to do is whisk him off to Europe with her for a grand adventure.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAs Calvin and his aunt traverse the continent, it becomes apparent that her clandestine behavior is leading him into danger. Facing a menagerie of antiquities thieves, secret agents, religious fanatics, and an ex-wife who is stalking him, Calvin begins to suspect there might be some meaning behind the madness. Maybe he’s not the person he thought he was? Perhaps no one is ever who they appear to be? But there’s little time for soul-searching, as Calvin first has to figure out why he has been kidnapped, why his aunt has disappeared, and who the hell burned down his house in Maine.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePowered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, \u003ci\u003eWho Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern-day take on Graham Greene’s classic \u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on—wherever it may take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-03-14T11:56:55-04:00","created_at":"2019-10-08T10:41:55-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Fiction"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":30332991766617,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF246-Clarke","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? — Clarke","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781643750781","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? by Brock Clarke.","id":7518595907673,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalvin Bledsoe’s journey begins with the death of his mother. An internationally known theologian and an expert on all things John Calvin, she had been the dominant force in her son’s existence, so much so that he never left home—even when he married—and, as a result, never grew up.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAt his mother’s funeral, Calvin is introduced to his aunt Beatrice, a woman he had not even known existed. Beatrice immediately makes it clear to Calvin that she is now in charge of his life, and the first thing she is going to do is whisk him off to Europe with her for a grand adventure.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAs Calvin and his aunt traverse the continent, it becomes apparent that her clandestine behavior is leading him into danger. Facing a menagerie of antiquities thieves, secret agents, religious fanatics, and an ex-wife who is stalking him, Calvin begins to suspect there might be some meaning behind the madness. Maybe he’s not the person he thought he was? Perhaps no one is ever who they appear to be? But there’s little time for soul-searching, as Calvin first has to figure out why he has been kidnapped, why his aunt has disappeared, and who the hell burned down his house in Maine.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePowered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, \u003ci\u003eWho Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern-day take on Graham Greene’s classic \u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on—wherever it may take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":58147912,"title":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","handle":"sunshine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-18T10:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-10-07T12:28:49-04:00","vendor":"Penguin","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":139912982,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA198","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sunshine — McKinley '75","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780425224014","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sunshine by Robin McKinley","id":7515959197785,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba198-mckinley-sunshine.jpg?v=1614025688","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Robin McKinley '75, H'86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk.  But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts.  Vampires never entered her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil they found her...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNPR: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/08\/11\/139085843\/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTop 100 Science-Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":32897012,"title":"The Madonna of Las Vegas — Smith '75","handle":"the-madonna-of-las-vegas","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Gregory Blake Smith '75\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's the hair-raising countdown to a new millennium, and Cosmo Dust watches in dismay as the wreckage of his life comes into garish focus in the glow of post-Sinatra Las Vegas. Surrounded by the simulacra of Western civilization, Cosmo finds himself strong-armed by the Golden Calf Casino into recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: a task that makes a mockery of both Michelangelo's genius and Cosmo's skill.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when Cosmo has decided to quit this job to search for something real, Reality trumps him by making him the chief suspect in the murder of a cocktail waitress. Joining forces with the daughter of the Pope of Las Vegas, the local mob boss, he tries to piece together who's killing whom and why. Navigating a world that subverts rational motivation, Cosmo and the Pope's daughter encounter film-noir homicide detectives, Gnostic monks, a Vatican Inquisitor, and a baby who may or may not be the messiah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A masterfully written novel that is part romantic comedy, part dysfunctional detective story, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Madonna of Las Vegas \u003c\/span\u003eexuberantly explores the quest for a genuine life in a world built on false appearances.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:23:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:23:03-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Fiction"],"price":1300,"price_min":1300,"price_max":1300,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1300,"compare_at_price_min":1300,"compare_at_price_max":1300,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77637272,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA095-Smith","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Madonna of Las Vegas — Smith '75","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1300,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1300,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"1400081866","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Madonna of Las Vegas By Gregory Blake Smith '75","id":7515977482329,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":400,"width":257,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274"},"aspect_ratio":0.643,"height":400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba095-smith-madonna_d3247ce4-ea20-4b86-9970-2784b65a1b39.jpg?v=1614026274","width":257}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Gregory Blake Smith '75\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's the hair-raising countdown to a new millennium, and Cosmo Dust watches in dismay as the wreckage of his life comes into garish focus in the glow of post-Sinatra Las Vegas. Surrounded by the simulacra of Western civilization, Cosmo finds himself strong-armed by the Golden Calf Casino into recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: a task that makes a mockery of both Michelangelo's genius and Cosmo's skill.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when Cosmo has decided to quit this job to search for something real, Reality trumps him by making him the chief suspect in the murder of a cocktail waitress. Joining forces with the daughter of the Pope of Las Vegas, the local mob boss, he tries to piece together who's killing whom and why. Navigating a world that subverts rational motivation, Cosmo and the Pope's daughter encounter film-noir homicide detectives, Gnostic monks, a Vatican Inquisitor, and a baby who may or may not be the messiah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A masterfully written novel that is part romantic comedy, part dysfunctional detective story, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Madonna of Las Vegas \u003c\/span\u003eexuberantly explores the quest for a genuine life in a world built on false appearances.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback."}