{"product_id":"9780593469897","title":"Health and Safety: A Breakdown","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE * A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER, TIME, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003ePITCHFORK \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer and acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eFuture Sex \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a memoir about drugs, techno, and New York City\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The first great book about what it was like to live through the Trump presidency\"-Emily Gould, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 2016, a divisive presidential election was underway, and a new breed of right-wing rage was on the rise. Emily Witt, who would soon publish her first book on sex in the digital age, had recently quit antidepressants for a more expansive world of psychedelic experimentation. From her apartment in Brooklyn, she began to catch glimpses of the clandestine nightlife scene thrumming around her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety, \u003c\/i\u003eWitt charts her immersion into New York City's dance music underground, where she pushed the limits of consciousness in hollowed-out office spaces and warehouses to music that sounded like the future, and all during an era of American delirium and dissolution. Sparing no one-least of all Witt herself-\u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety\u003c\/i\u003e is a lament for a broken relationship, for a changed nightlife scene, and for New York City just before the fall.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47560487174385,"sku":"9780593469897","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780593469897_p0.jpg?v=1772602636","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780593469897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}