{"product_id":"headshots-isbn-9780593537817","title":"Headshots","description":"\u003cb\u003eThirty never-before-collected essays—many of them profiles—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Going Clear,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wright’s cultural and political observations over the past thirty-five years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning more than thirty-five years of Lawrence Wright’s reporting for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of people—dangerous, eccentric, or beloved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the essays included:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Jones’s three sons who, following the Jonestown massacre, were left alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RAPIST’S HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patient—about to be released—could attack again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column on how the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her toys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960s and 1970s literary icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem came together over the End of Days; a 2006 essay detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wright’s life as a father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.LAWRENCE WRIGHT is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e a playwright, and a screenwriter. He is the best-selling author of four previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Texas, The End of October\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Human Scale\u003c\/i\u003e, and eleven books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eGoing Clear\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e God Save Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas, where he also serves as the keyboard player in the band WhoDo.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233218474213,"sku":"NP9780593537817","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593537817.jpg?v=1767728808","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/headshots-isbn-9780593537817","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}