{"product_id":"back-to-blood-paperback","title":"Back to Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night-until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the 'hoods, \"de-skilled\" conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, \"spectators\" at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy, yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an \"Active Adult\" condo, and a nest of shady Russians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eBack to Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man in Full\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Charlotte Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBack to Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale. He received the National Book Foundation's 2010 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724276469823,"sku":"9780316036337","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a0f435dd97d170ebc0f4d28dec4b0358.webp?v=1765102118","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/back-to-blood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}