{"id":472,"date":"2013-11-21T22:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T06:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2013-11-22T20:53:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T04:53:09","slug":"buy-products-a-novel-by-noah-cicero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/buy-products-a-novel-by-noah-cicero\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Products, a novel by Noah Cicero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read an extract from Noah Cicero&#8217;s dystopian novel at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/artsandculture\/article\/17951\/1\/go-to-work-and-do-your-job-care-for-your-children\" target=\"_blank\">Dazed Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She smiled at me. The smile was false. She was smiling because she considered it the thing to do when meeting someone. I smiled back. My smile was false.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.dazedcdn.com\/786x700\/dd\/1050\/7\/1057411.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[amazon template=iframe image&#038;asin=1621051285]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read an extract from Noah Cicero&#8217;s dystopian novel at Dazed Digital. She smiled at me. The smile was false. She was smiling because she considered it the thing to do when meeting someone. I smiled back. 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