{"product_id":"waxwings-1","title":"Waxwings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A treasure' – The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkable work' – Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the turn of the millennium, two immigrants are drawn to the United States by their own versions of the American Dream.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving, funny and hugely entertaining, Jonathan Raban’s \u003ci\u003eWaxwings \u003c\/i\u003ebrilliantly captures the landscape and life of contemporary America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57260903956824,"sku":"9781035091539","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035091539.jpg?v=1780119943","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/waxwings-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}