{"product_id":"dont-step-into-my-office-hardcover","title":"Don't Step Into My Office - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Fishkind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping debut novel of literary suspense and a vivid portrait of wealth's hidden violence. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAspiring writer and general layabout Jacob Garlicker doesn't expect--walking along the beach on the night of his twenty-sixth birthday--to witness a murder. After a hapless attempt to help the victim, Jacob decides to forget the incident entirely. And for a while, he does, returning to his bohemian life in NYC as if nothing of consequence had occurred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven years later, Jacob is blissfully married. Now \u003ci\u003emostly\u003c\/i\u003e sober, and \u003ci\u003emostly\u003c\/i\u003e at peace with his failed writing career, he's feeling alright as he heads to his father-in-law's birthday celebration in the Hamptons, even as he knows the well-heeled WASPs that populate his in-laws' social circle will spend the weekend treating him with polite disdain. Everything shifts, however, when Jacob arrives on Long Island and begins to realize that those well-heeled WASPs are not as harmless as they seem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of this propulsive, at times blackly comic narrative, Jacob wavers between addled narcissism and earnest commitment as he searches for the brutal, booze-soaked truth. Indebted to the suspenseful, page-turning plotwork of Patricia Highsmith and the operatic madness of Dario Argento, \u003ci\u003eDon't Step into My Office\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing literary puzzle.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Fishkind was born in Massachusetts. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Forever Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDon't Step into My Office\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 9.14 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383537102950,"sku":"9781648211492","price":38.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hbItJjpth19781648211492.webp?v=1769053826","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dont-step-into-my-office-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}