{"product_id":"the-reservoir-hardcover","title":"The Reservoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Duchovny\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lonely ex-financier stuck in his apartment during the Covid-19 pandemic becomes obsessed with the Central Park Reservoir and slowly goes mad.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\"[Duchovny's] novella \u003cem\u003eThe Reservoir\u003c\/em\u003e, set in New York City, probes how pandemic isolation has changed us.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Reservoir\u003c\/em\u003e follows an unexceptional man in an exceptional time. We see our present-day pandemic world and New York City through the eyes of a former Wall Street veteran, Ridley, as he looks back upon his life in his enforced quarantine solitude, wondering what it all means and who he really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSitting and brooding night after night, gazing out his huge picture window high above the Central Park Reservoir, Ridley spots a flashing light in an apartment across the park as if a lonely quarantined person is signaling him in Morse code. His determination to find out who this mystery woman is leads him on an epic quest that will ultimately tempt him with either delusional madness or the fulfillment of his own mythic fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs he a dying man going mad or an everyman metamorphosing into a hero? Or both? We accompany Ridley as he leaves the safety of his apartment window to save the Fifth Avenue femme fatale and descends into a dangerous, increasingly surreal world of global conspiracies, madness, and sickness of this viral time. As Ridley's actions grow more and more uncharacteristic, he realizes the key to all the mysteries of now, and even all of history, seem to lie deep beneath the freezing waters of the reservoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Reservoir\u003c\/em\u003e is a twisted rom-com for our distanced time, when the merest touch could kill and conspiracy theories propagate like viruses--a contemporary union of \u003cem\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRear Window\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Duchovny\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning actor, writer, director, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author, and singer-songwriter. With an acting career spanning more than three decades, Duchovny is a two-time Golden Globe winner and four-time Emmy nominee. He is a prolific author whose fourth novel, \u003cem\u003eTruly Like Lightning\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in February 2021. His previous novels include \u003cem\u003eHoly Cow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBucky F*cking Dent\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMiss Subways\u003c\/em\u003e. As a musician, Duchovny has released three studio albums, \u003cem\u003eHell or Highwater\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEvery Third Thought\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGestureland\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767216931104,"sku":"9781636140445","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc96ea94edd618cf2fc6c2a32421961e.webp?v=1780306856","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-reservoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}