{"product_id":"budding-prospects-isbn-9780140299960","title":"Budding Prospects","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn “irresistible” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), “riotous” (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about the adventures of three men growing marijuana in Northern California, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Consistently, effortlessly, intelligently funny.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Felix Nasmyth and friends have to do is harvest a crop of Cannabis sativa and half a million tax-free dollars will be theirs. But they haven’t reckoned on nosy Northern California–style neighbors, torrential rain, demands of the flesh, and Felix’s improbable new love, a wayward sculptress on whose behalf he undertakes a one-man vendetta against a drug-busting state trooper named Jerpbak. As their deal escalates through crises into nightmare, their dreams of easy money get nipped in the bud.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBudding Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A first-rate picaresque adventure . . . a comic disaster on the classic and irresistible theme of the scalawag out-scalawagged.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Energetically written and very funny . . . lusty in every sense of the word, healthy, invigorating, and strong.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Boyle’s characters, for all their grotesqueries, are wonderful and believable, each scene is marvelously and sensually constructed.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In an explosion of language, gaudy characters, and curious events, Boyle has provided his readers with a riotous Rabelaisian romp.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eT. C. Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include \u003ci\u003eWorld’s End\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has also published numerous collections of short stories. A Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California, he lives in Santa Barbara.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302720426213,"sku":"NP9780140299960","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140299960.jpg?v=1767723148","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/budding-prospects-isbn-9780140299960","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}