{"product_id":"9781101126936","title":"A Short History of a Small Place","description":"Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of a Small Place\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119233679600,"sku":"9781101126936","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101126936_p0.jpg?v=1763685316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101126936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}