{"product_id":"books-lost-property-by-ben-sonnenberg","title":"Lost Property","description":"\u003cb\u003eA smart and hilarious memoir of privilege and excess told by the son of a powerful, seductive member of the New York elite.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ben Sonnenberg grew up in the great house on Gramercy Park in New York City that his father, the inventor of modern public relations and the owner of a fine collection of art, built to celebrate his rise from the poverty of the Jewish Lower East Side to a life of riches and power. His son could have what he wanted, except perhaps what he wanted most- to get away.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLost Property\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of memoirs and confessions, is a tale of youthful riot and rebellion. Sonnenberg recounts his aesthetic, sexual, and political education, and a sometimes absurd flight into \"anarchy and sabotage,\" in which he reports to both the CIA and East German intelligence during the Cold War and, cultivating a dandy's nonchalance, pursues a life of sexual adventure in 1960s London and New York. The cast of characters includes Orson Welles, Glenn Gould, and Sylvia Plath; among the subjects are marriage, children, infidelity, debt, divorce, literature, and multiple sclerosis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The end is surprisingly happy.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672670134545,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781681374222.jpg?v=1781520760","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-lost-property-by-ben-sonnenberg","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}