{"product_id":"ghost-town-9781668080634","title":"Ghost Town","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as \"the Steinbeck of Suburbia\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e), \"our Balzac of the burbs\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"an American Chekhov\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey, from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on a series of events that changed his life--and the story he finally has the courage to tell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJimmy Perrini lives in 1970s suburban New Jersey, a few miles from Manhattan, but a world apart. At the end of eighth grade, after tragedy strikes, Jimmy finds himself lost in a fog of grief that alienates him from friends and family, drifting instead into troubling friendships with two older teenagers: one a notorious local burnout with a fast car, an endless supply of weed, and a shaky grasp of reality; the other a smart, eccentric girl, whom Jimmy finds himself drawn to as they become entranced by her Ouija board, which may just offer the only salve to their grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a fateful public drama unfolds, Jimmy is torn between the occult beyond and the cold realities of the place he has called home. Narrated by a much older Jimmy, a literary-turned-commercial novelist, \u003ci\u003eGhost Town\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the past haunts the present--the way our ghosts are always with us, even when we think we've left them behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Perrotta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.22w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668080634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Perrotta is the author of eleven works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eElection \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Little Children\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and \u003ci\u003eThe Leftovers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e, which were adapted into acclaimed HBO series. His new novel is\u003ci\u003e Ghost Town\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tom Perrotta \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47897147965597,"sku":"9781668080634","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dff20518-c1d5-400f-b674-475b00c4fbca.jpg?v=1778002768","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ghost-town-9781668080634","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}