{"product_id":"agnes-lives","title":"Agnes Lives!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving.\" --Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.\" --Nell Zink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazine editor with a special cutlery set; an eccentric designer from her past; and Agnes's cruel novelist boyfriend. As she Ubers from Upper East Side shopping to Craigslist gun deals, Agnes' desperation becomes an exhibition, a swan song of millennial sexuality as internalized abuse and consummate style, with the knob righty-tightened all the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewton's prose is disturbingly fun, relentless, shattering. A crafted study of existential despair that culminates in a worthy, intense denouement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52784034054437,"sku":"9781639738564","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/5088\/4901\/files\/imageloader_d73a5c0a-2204-4593-abb7-848e5b07891a.jpg?v=1784129887","url":"https:\/\/thebooklounge.com\/products\/agnes-lives","provider":"The Book Lounge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}