{"product_id":"9781250046048","title":"A Clue to the Exit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully modulated novel that shows Edward St. Aubyn at his sparkling best\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Fairburn, successful screenwriter, ex-husband, and absent father, has been given six months to live. He resolves to stake half his fortune on a couple of turns of the roulette wheel and, to his agent's disgust, to write a novel-about death. In the casino he meets his muse. Charlie grows as addicted to writing fiction as she is to gambling.\u003cbr\u003e         His novel is set on a train and involves a group of characters (familiar to readers of St. Aubyn's earlier work) who are locked in a debate about the nature of consciousness. As this train gets stuck at Didcot, and Charlie gets more passionately entangled with the dangerous Angelique, \u003ci\u003eA Clue to the Exit\u003c\/i\u003e comes to its startling climax. Exquisitely crafted, witty, and thoughtful, Edward St. Aubyn's dazzling novel probes the very heart of being.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132458189040,"sku":"9781250046048","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250046048_p0.jpg?v=1763701572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250046048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}