{"title":"Alexis Soloski","description":"Alexis Soloski is the author of the bestselling novel Here in the Dark. A prize-winning New York Times theater critic and culture reporter, she holds a PhD in theater from Columbia University. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.","products":[{"product_id":"flashout-hardcover","title":"Flashout - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLA Times'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Must Read Books for Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thrill-seeking young woman joins a radical theater troupe in this taut, suspenseful novel of art, seduction, and the deadly limits of liberation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York, 1972. A cloistered college student slips out of the dorms to attend a performance by a legendary experimental performance troupe. Within months, she has left campus life behind and joined the company, infatuated by its charismatic leader and his promises of absolute freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalifornia, 1997. A theater teacher at an exclusive private school receives an unsettling letter. With her job at risk and her past clawing at her carefully constructed present, what will she do to protect the life she has made? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiveting and atmospheric, \u003ci\u003eFlashout \u003c\/i\u003eis a coruscating coming-of-age story and an immersive thriller exploring the enchantments and perils of art.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102791504095,"sku":"9781250883643","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/S8r12Lf_Kn9781250883643.webp?v=1781087363"},{"product_id":"here-in-the-dark-paperback","title":"Here in the Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eA dark and stylish novel of psychological suspense about a young theater critic drawn into a dangerous game that blurs the lines between reality and performance \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: \u003ci\u003eBustle, Nylon, Chicago Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly, Zibby Mag, CrimeReads \u003c\/i\u003eand more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivian Parry likes the dark. A former actress, she now works as the junior theater critic at a major Manhattan magazine. Her nights are spent beyond the lights, in a reserved seat, giving herself over to the shows she loves. By day, she savages them, with words sharper than a knife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngling for a promotion, she reluctantly agrees to an interview, a conversation that reveals secrets she thought she had long since buried. Then her interviewer disappears and she learns―from his devastated fiancée―that she was the last person to have seen him alive. When the police refuse to investigate, Vivian does what she promised herself she would never do again: she plays a part. Assuming the role of amateur detective, she turns her critical gaze toward an unsanitary private eye, a sketchy internet startup, a threatening financier, fake blood, and one very real corpse. As she nears the final act, she finds that the boundaries between theater and the real world are more tenuous and more dangerous than even she could have believed. . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping, propulsive, and shot through with menace and dark glamor, Alexis Soloski's \u003ci\u003eHere in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003etakes us behind the scenes of New York theater, lifting the curtain on the lies we tell ourselves and each other.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103664509151,"sku":"9781250883049","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/IClId8QDLS9781250883049.webp?v=1781097398"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alexis-soloski.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}