{"product_id":"waxwings-by-jonathan-raban-9781035091539","title":"Waxwings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the millennium, two immigrants are drawn to the United States by their own versions of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Tom Janeway — a Hungarian-born English intellectual most at home with his books — it's the family he thought he'd never have. For Chick — an illegal alien newly escaped from a cargo container — it's the land of plenty he imagined back in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as the stock market hits a new high, anti-globalist riots break out in the streets, a terrorist is arrested, and a child disappears, the two men's dreams collide in a way neither could have anticipated. Unjustly accused of a horrific crime, estranged from his wife and his beloved young son, Tom's life is rapidly unravelling. Chick, meanwhile, has a burgeoning business by day but no safe place to lay his bed at night. For both, the New World proves surprisingly full of old ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving, funny, and hugely entertaining, Jonathan Raban's \u003cem\u003eWaxwings\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly captures the landscape and life of contemporary America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68042894115052,"sku":"9781035091539","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035091539-waxwings-1.jpg?v=1793683016","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/waxwings-by-jonathan-raban-9781035091539","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}