{"product_id":"slab-rat","title":"Slab Rat","description":"\u003cp\u003eZachary Arlen Post is a lazy but ambitious associate editor at IT magazine who finds himself in a rut: he can't seem to move up. When Mark Larkin comes to work for IT, Zack realizes immediately that he has met his nemesis. Mark plays the magazine power game very well: He works hard (Zack would prefer to trade emails with his unstable, paranoid pal Willie Lister); his story ideas have the right spin for IT (Zack disdains most of what IT publishes); and he knows how to network with his superiors (a skill Zack never mastered). Mark is clearly headed for big things. Soon enough, he becomes Zack and Willie's boss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplicating Zack's life further is his involvement with two women at the magazine. One is Leslie Usher-Soames, a British ice queen whose family knew Winston Churchill (Winston Churchill!) The other is Ivy Kooper, a young, earnest intern who is the daughter of the magazine's corporate counsel. Zack is attracted to both women for different reasons: to Ivy because she is sweet and trusting; to Leslie because she has a hyphenated last name and her family is well-connected (Winston Churchill!) But when Zack is forced to choose between them, he opts for style-and the hyphen-over substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmboldened by his decision (and the fact that he got away with treating Ivy so shabbily), Zack turns his attention to destroying Mark Larkin. In a series of complex, hilarious maneuvers, Zach plays Iago to Willie's Othello, and soon Mark is discovered dead-an apparent suicide. The police aren't convinced, however, and as they get closer to the truth, Willie himself commits suicide. Zack is not implicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the novel, two things are clear: Zack is exactly what he wants to be-a senior editor at IT, married to Leslie Usher-Soames, with Ivy as one of his assistant editors-and that what he wants will never make him happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSLAB RAT is a hip, sophisticated morality tale that will appeal to any reader who enjoys sharp wit and clever storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67649211171183,"sku":"9780684864976","price":147.67,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0684864975.jpg?v=1790917192","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/slab-rat","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}