{"product_id":"river-under-the-road-a-novel-isbn-9780062660053","title":"River Under the Road: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eMan in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEndless Love\u003c\/em\u003e, a stunning, stinging portrait of class and creativity-and the double-edged sword of success\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen parties over the course of two decades-an opium infused barbeque, a reception for a doomed presidential candidate, a fund-raiser for a blind child who speaks in tongues, a visit to one of New York’s fabled sex clubs-brilliantly reveal the lives of two couples, one hoping to be admitted to the kingdom of Art, the other hoping for a small share of the American dream, both driven by forces of history they rarely perceive or acknowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThaddeus Kaufman, the son of booksellers, and Grace Cornell, raised in a basement apartment she longs to escape, meet at a neighborhood art fair in Chicago. Soon after, they head to New York, aloft on the wings of young love.  Jennings Stratton, the son of a caretaker, and Muriel Sanchez, the daughter of a cop, meet in a house he is refurbishing in New Mexico, and they, too, head for the big city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a vast Hudson River estate, the lives of the two couples ultimately intertwine.  Thaddeus has made it big in an unexpected way, setting off a chain reaction of envy among his friends and peers and forever changing the dynamic of his marriage with Grace, for whom success has been elusive, and art, once a source of solace, has become a font of bitterness. And Jennings, hoping to transcend his reputation as the local Casanova, a man suited only for menial tasks, has ventured into a cycle of theft and betrayal that threatens to destroy the fragile life of his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny and cutting, affecting and expansive, \u003cem\u003eRiver Under the Road\u003c\/em\u003e is Scott Spencer’s masterpiece of all that lies beneath our everyday lives-a story about the pursuit of love, art, and money, and the inevitable reckoning that awaits us all. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eMan in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEndless Love,\u003c\/em\u003e a stunning, stinging portrait of class and creativity—and the double-edged sword of success\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen parties over the course of two decades—an opium-infused barbecue, a reception for a doomed presidential candidate, a fund-raiser for a blind child who speaks in tongues, a visit to one of New York’s fabled sex clubs—brilliantly reveal the lives of two couples, one hoping to be admitted to the kingdom of Art, the other hoping for a small share of the American dream, both driven by forces of history they rarely perceive or acknowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThaddeus Kaufman, the son of booksellers, and Grace Cornell, raised in a basement apartment she longs to escape, meet at a neighborhood art fair in Chicago. 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