{"product_id":"bubble-gum-adam-levine-2020-1st-doubleday-hardback","title":"Bubblegum: A Novel - Adam Levine - 2020 1st Doubleday Hardback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e: Acceptable. Knick in back of dust jacket . Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBlurb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e: “Bubblegum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is set in an alternate present-day America in which the Internet does not exist and has never existed. Rather, a wholly different species of interactive technology—a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"flesh-and-bone robot\" called the Curio-has pervaded the cultural imagination and dominated the global economy since the 1980s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelt Magnet, who as a boy in greater Chicago became one of the lucky first adopters of a Curio, is now writing his memoir, Bubblegum. Through it we follow a singular man out of sync with a world he feels alien to but must find a way to live in. A world in which a robot might not be just a robot, an astronaut billionaire could be your only friend, inanimate objects may be suicidal, and a critical theorist can pen a bestseller. A world of mono-loguing bank tellers, essayist bodyguards, rusting swingsets, and fathers and sons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Bubblegum, Adam Levin has crafted a profoundly hilarious, resonant, and monumental narrative about longing, art, and the search for belonging in an incompatible world. This second novel—the author's first in a decade—is a rare masterwork of provocative social (and self-) awareness and intimate emotional power.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588749734130,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/6F895149-E353-45B8-B6ED-A6BB668EA906.jpg?v=1766427776","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/bubble-gum-adam-levine-2020-1st-doubleday-hardback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}