{"product_id":"the-savage-girl-9780060935238","title":"The Savage Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the next trend -- the next killer app? This question is very much on the mind of Ursula Van Urden, a burned-out art student who, after her supermodel sister Ivy's widely publicized suicide attempt, has found work as a trendspotter for Tomorrow, Ltd., in the volcano-shadowed metropolis of Middle City. Armed with only a sketch pad and a mandate to find the future, Ursula discovers a homeless girl who hunts her own food and lives on the street. This savage girl becomes Ursula's first trend and the basis for an advertising scheme that goes madly, disastrously awry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exceptionally written novel that puts an obsession with pop culture under the microscope, \u003cem\u003eThe Savage Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that cannot be ignored, and Alex Shakar is a writer brimming with talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Shakar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.25w x 1.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060935238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2002 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakar, Alex:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Shakar is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eCity in Love\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 1996 National Fiction Competition and was published by The Fiction Collective. It was an Independent Presses Editors' Pick of the Year. Shakar graduated from Yale University in 1990, was a Michener Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40603778646131,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_40f70f8f-c3f7-4f87-b182-2d4c2b5c6367.jpg?v=1669395525","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-savage-girl-9780060935238","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}