{"product_id":"the-winter-zoo-a-novel-9780805069044","title":"The Winter Zoo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sexy  hilarious novel of wayward young expatriates -- and the difference between doing good and feeling good. In 1990  a young man named Gurney abandons his newborn daughter in an Iowa delivery room and escapes into Krakow  Poland  where it seems as if everyone is hunting for the next new thing. Upon this seductive frontier  Gurney devotes himself to a life of irresponsibility. Already ensconced in Poland is Gurneys cousin Jane  a master manipulator who occupies the center of Krakows spiderweb of sexual and political intrigue. As Jane and Gurneys relationship swerves thrillingly closer to the incestuous  Gurney crosses paths -- and often swords -- with Krakows gallery of rogues and innocents. Among them are Wanda  Janes virginal yet rebellious roommate  who harbors for Gurney a not-so-secret crush; Dick Chestnutt  a sodden American expatriate; Jackie Witherspoon  an ambitious young scholar of uncertain sexuality and allegiance; and Zbigniew Zamoyski  Wandas father  a former Communist aristocrat who decides that the fun  and Gurney  must be stopped. Seamlessly juxtaposing totalitarianism and freedom  the political and the personal  John Beckman has created a magical world. Evocative and suberbly crafted  The Winter Zoo marks the debut of a young writer of enormous talent and promise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953199374389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805069046","price":52.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805069044.jpg?v=1788181406","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-winter-zoo-a-novel-9780805069044","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}