{"product_id":"2940170383405","title":"Undermajordomo Minor: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a brilliant and boisterous novel that reimagines the folk tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e is Patrick deWittamp;#8217;s long-awaited follow-up to the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the Majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, Lucy soon discovers the place harbors many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castleamp;#8217;s master, Baron Von Aux. He also encounters the colorful people of the local villageamp;#8212;thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome soldier, Adolphus. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder in which every aspect of human behavior is laid bare for our hero to observe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e is an adventure, a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behavior, but above all it is a love story and Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117301547248,"sku":"2940170383405","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170383405_p0.jpg?v=1763799608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170383405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}