{"product_id":"health-and-safety-a-breakdown","title":"Health and Safety: A Breakdown","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE - A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e PITCHFORK, LITHUB, \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003e - From the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer and acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eFuture Sex \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a memoir about drugs, techno, and New York City \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The first great book about what it was like to live through the Trump presidency\"--Emily Gould, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 2016, a divisive presidential election was underway, and a new breed of right-wing rage was on the rise. Emily Witt, who would soon publish her first book on sex in the digital age, had recently quit antidepressants for a more expansive world of psychedelic experimentation. From her apartment in Brooklyn, she began to catch glimpses of the clandestine nightlife scene thrumming around her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety, \u003c\/i\u003eWitt charts her immersion into New York City's dance music underground. She would come to lead a double life: By day she worked as a journalist, covering gun violence, climate catastrophes, and the rallies of right-wing militias. And by night she pushed the limits of consciousness in hollowed-out office spaces and warehouses to music that sounded like the future. But no counterculture, no matter how utopian, could stave off the squalor of American politics and the cataclysm of 2020. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAffectionate yet never sentimental, \u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety\u003c\/i\u003e is a lament for a broken relationship, for a changed nightlife scene, and for New York City just before the fall. Sparing no one--least of all herself--Witt offers her life as a lens into an era of American delirium and dissolution.","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947956207847,"sku":"9780593317648","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_02335aff-9492-49e0-8006-f38486207d8c.jpg?v=1775504142","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/health-and-safety-a-breakdown","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}