{"product_id":"sock-paperback-1","title":"Sock - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenn Jillette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwisting the buddy cop story upside down and inside out, Penn Jillette has created the most distinctive narrator to come along in fiction in many years: a sock monkey called Dickie. The sock monkey belongs to a New York City police diver who discovers the body of an old lover in the murky waters of the Hudson River and sets off with her best friend to find her killer. The story of their quest swerves and veers, takes off into philosophical riffs, occasionally stops to tell a side story, and references a treasure trove of 1970's and 1980's pop culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSock\u003c\/i\u003e is a surprising, intense, fascinating piece of work.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Penn has written a strange, sometimes still, sometimes thunderous novel that is unlike anything I've ever read...Reading Penn's novel was joyfully exhausting, which is how we should feel when we've been in the presence of such seriously good writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Kaye Gibbons, author of \u003ci\u003eEllen Foster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDivining Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenn has written a strange, sometimes still, sometimes thunderous novel that is unlike anything I've ever read...Reading Penn's novel was joyfully exhausting, which is how we should feel when we've been in the presence of such seriously good writing.\u003cbr\u003e- Kaye Gibbons, author of \u003ci\u003eEllen Foster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDivining Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenn Jillette\u003c\/b\u003e has been the larger, louder half of the performing team Penn \u0026amp; Teller since 1975. Penn's articles has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. \u003ci\u003eSock\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134557491335,"sku":"9780312328054","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/de5f7c9e860a483113b17f24a9de7582_d4d0336e-2493-4337-8131-4ff2b3e610df.webp?v=1732642691","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sock-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}