{"product_id":"9780812991833","title":"A Cab at the Door and Midnight Oil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo enchanting memoirs from \u003cb\u003eV. S. Pritchett\u003c\/b\u003e, available for the first time in a single volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Cab at the Door\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1968, recalls his childhood in turn-of-the-century and World War I London with the urbane subtlety and wry humor that have marked his other works. For the wild and eccentric Pritchett family, life is a series of cabs waiting at the door to transport them to a succession of ten-bob-a-week lodgings, in their flight from creditors and the financial disasters of their father. \u003ci\u003eA Cab at the Door\u003c\/i\u003e also captures the texture and color of the working-class side of Edwardian England.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMidnight Oil\u003c\/i\u003e (which Wilfrid Sheed called a “little Rolls Royce of a book” when it came out in 1972) opens in 1921: Pritchett arrives in Paris to commence with a literary career. Gradually, his creative sensibilities emerge as he travels as a reporter to Ireland, Spain, and America. \u003ci\u003eMidnight Oil\u003c\/i\u003e provides an intimate and precise record of a writer's discovery of himself and his art. “Pritchett is one of the great pleasure-givers in our language,” said Eudora Welty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030613213424,"sku":"9780812991833","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812991833_p0.jpg?v=1763737816","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812991833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}