{"product_id":"the-candy-house-by-jennifer-egan-signed","title":"'The Candy House' by Jennifer Egan (signed)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-17\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-17\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-17\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-104\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d01637f6-3d6f-42f3-a23f-58072440a021\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"1298\"\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"476\"\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"495\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/em\u003e is Jennifer Egan’s fractured, hyperlinked novel of memory, technology, surveillance, family, and selfhood under digital capitalism.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"1298\"\u003eThe book imagines a near-future technology that allows people to externalise and share their memories, turning private experience into a networked archive and raising all the grim little questions you’d expect: what happens when consciousness becomes searchable, when nostalgia becomes infrastructure, and when the self is no longer quite private property.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"1298\"\u003eTold through a web of interconnected characters, shifting forms, and strange narrative architectures, this is slick, restless literary fiction for readers interested in speculative tech, social media, fractured identity, and the emotional weather of being alive inside systems that keep asking to know you better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"1298\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned by the author on the title page. Hardback first edition with dust jacket. Some light shelf and handling wear to the jacket, including minor rubbing\/marking visible to the glossy black cover and a small tear near the lower jacket edge. Internal pages clean and bright. Overall very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45178238107731,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-03T135748.150.png?v=1780459121","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-candy-house-by-jennifer-egan-signed","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}