{"product_id":"the-nirvana-blues-paperback","title":"The Nirvana Blues - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis final volume in John Nichols's acclaimed New Mexico trilogy, (\"Gentle, funny, transcendent.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike its predecessors, \u003ci\u003eThe Nirvana Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is a lusty, visionary novel that blends comedy and tragedy, reality and fantasy, tenderness and bite, to illuminate some very troubling truths about America--truths no less pointed and accurate today than they were decades ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The seventies are over. All across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together--and getting older. The once-tight Chicano community of Chamisaville is long gone, and the Anglo power brokers control almost everything. Joe Miniver--faithful husband, loving father, and all-around good guy--is about to sink roots. To buy the land he wants, he dreams up a coke scam that will net him the necessary bread. Joe is also about to embark on a series of erotic adventures with three headstrong women, bringing him face-to-face with the terrors (and absurdity) of the modern man-woman scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nirvana Blues \u003c\/i\u003eis part of John Nichols's New Mexico trilogy, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Milagro Beanfield War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seventies are over. All across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together -- and getting older. The once-tight Chicano community of Chamisaville is long gone, and the Anglo power brokers control almost everything. Joe Miniver -- faithful husband, loving father, and all-around good guy -- is about to sink roots. To buy the land he wants, he dreams up a coke scam that will net him the necessary bread. Joe is also about to embark on a series of erotic adventures with three headstrong women, bringing him face-to-face with the terrors (and absurdity) of the modern man-woman scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis final volume in the New Mexico trilogy, like its predecessors, is a lusty, visionary novel that blends comedy and tragedy, reality and fantasy, tenderness and bite, to illuminate some very troubling truths about America -- truths no less pointed and accurate today than they were twenty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370093248735,"sku":"9780805063400","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/2QnOWJivBn9780805063400.webp?v=1789150342","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-nirvana-blues-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}