{"product_id":"9781250063632","title":"Louse: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbert Horatio \"Poppy\" Blackwell was once a daring aviator, an illustrious movie producer, and a brilliant businessman. A Howard Hughes–like mogul, Poppy has become a recluse with paralyzing fears of infection. Cloistered in the penthouse high above his desert gambling empire, he is attended by a small army of maids and footmen and lawyers and physicians, who live in a state of constant surveillance as they cater to his eccentric, paranoid demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Herman Q. Louse is Poppy's valet, one of the many indentured servants who have racked up an insurmountable debt in his casino (and whose long-term memories have subsequently been erased). Louse's primary duty is to administer Poppy's medication: near-lethal doses of benzodiazepines. But as he goes about his carefully monitored business, he becomes aware of a growing conspiracy against Poppy and becomes his unlikely protector—that is, until people start to point fingers at Louse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dark, disturbing, yet acerbically funny, \u003ci\u003eLouse\u003c\/i\u003e by David Grand is a vividly imagined tale, at once timely and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034277888240,"sku":"9781250063632","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250063632_p0.jpg?v=1763702372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250063632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}