{"product_id":"9780393069419","title":"Requiem, Mass.: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tragicomic mode of his best-selling \u003cem\u003eLouisiana Power \u0026amp; Light\u003c\/em\u003e, a hilarious and tenderhearted novel about a son's attempts to save his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Dufresne takes us to Requiem, Mass., heart of the Commonwealth, where Johnny's mom, Frances, is driving in the breakdown lane once again. She thinks Johnny and his little sister Audrey have been replaced by aliens; she's sure of it, and she's pretty certain that she herself is already dead, or she wouldn't need to cover the stink of her rotting flesh with Jean Naté Apres Bain. Dad, truck driver and pathological liar, is down South somewhere living his secret life. And Audrey, when she's not walking her cat Deluxe in a baby stroller, spends her time locked in a closet telling herself stories. Johnny, meanwhile, is hell-bent on saving the family from itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his \"truly original voice\" (\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e) and with the \"miraculous beauty of his tale-telling\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), Dufresne brings his unparalleled eye for the tragic and the absurd to the dysfunctions and joys of family in this powerful new novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109438800112,"sku":"9780393069419","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393069419_p0.jpg?v=1763696366","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393069419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}