{"product_id":"9780312318826","title":"Passionate Spectator","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Eric Kraft:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lovely...we're hooked. Kraft's erudite asides and abstract musings are what make \u003ci\u003eInflating a Dog \u003c\/i\u003efascinating and sophisticated reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Having trouble reading Proust? Forget it. Read Eric Kraft instead...the eight volumes of Kraft's fictional memoirs...constitute perhaps the most ambitious and rewarding literary enterprise of our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e- San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Charming but never sappy, droll but never cynical...the literary equivalent of Fred Astaire dancing: great art that looks like fun.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Malcolm Jones, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sunny, upbeat American version of the Argentine fabulist Jorge Luis Borges...A masterful tale teller.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Mark Ciabattari, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Is there a more beguiling writer today than Eric Kraft?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The only American author since Pynchon to completely erase the line between the literary novel and the spit-out-your coffee comedy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Andrew Ervin, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024281420016,"sku":"9780312318826","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312318826_p0.jpg?v=1763676822","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312318826","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}