{"product_id":"9781035091539","title":"Waxwings","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Jonathan Raban \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8 October 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 134 | 226g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize'A treasure' – The Guardian'A remarkable work' – Literary ReviewAt the turn of the millennium, two immigrants are drawn to the United States by their own versions of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003eMoving, funny and hugely entertaining, Jonathan Raban’s Waxwings brilliantly captures the landscape and life of contemporary America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507682255223,"sku":"9781035091539","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035091539.jpg?v=1790954362","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035091539","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}