{"product_id":"cyclorama-hardcover","title":"Cyclorama - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Langer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe deeply moving, propulsive story of ten teenagers brought together by a high school production of \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Anne Frank\u003c\/i\u003e that will shape and influence the rest of their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvanston, Illinois, 1982. A group of students at a magnet high school meet to audition for the spring play. They are eager for the chance to escape their difficult everyday lives. Declan, an experienced senior, is confident he'll get his first-choice role, but when the capricious, charismatic drama director casts Franklin, an unknown underclassman-and the two are seen alone at the director's house-a series of events that will haunt the cast for years begins to unfold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2016. The actors have moved on with their lives. Some are wildly successful, some never left their hometown, and some just want to be left alone. Everything changes, however, when one former cast member comes forward with an allegation dating back to the time of the play. The consequences of this public revelation will be far-reaching and complex, reverberating through all of their lives in unexpected ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCyclorama \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply compelling story of ordinary people that brilliantly cuts to the core of what makes us who we are and how our pasts reverberate into our present and future. With remarkable tenderness and humanity, Langer reveals how the traumas of our youth continue to echo throughout our lives, in our politics, in our careers, and in ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Langer\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, editor, and the author of a memoir and five novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEllington Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thieves of Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Salinger Contract\u003c\/i\u003e, and the internationally best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eCrossing California\u003c\/i\u003e, which was described in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e by James Atlas as \"the most vivid novel about Chicago since Saul Bellow's \u003ci\u003eHerzog \u003c\/i\u003eand the most ambitious debut set in Chicago since Philip Roth's\u003ci\u003e Letting Go\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Formerly a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eBook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he currently serves as culture editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698664902719,"sku":"9781635578065","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f7b80b3ebd73bc90f001c9cf338ec150.webp?v=1765010948","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/cyclorama-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}