{"product_id":"9781250096500","title":"The Manikin: A Novel","description":"The Manikin is not a mannequin, but the curious estate of Henry Craxton, Sr. in a rural western New York State. Dubbed the \"Henry Ford of Natural History,\" by 1917 Craxton has become America's preeminent taxidermist. Into this magic box of a world-filled with eerily inanimate gibbons and bats, owls and peacocks, quetzals and crocodiles-wanders young Peg Griswood, daughter of Craxton's newest housekeeper. Part coming-of-age story, part gothic mystery, and part exploration of the intimate embrace between art and life, Joanna Scott's \u003ci\u003eThe Manikin\u003c\/i\u003e is compulsively readable and beautifully written.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132459696368,"sku":"9781250096500","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250096500_p0.jpg?v=1769892140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250096500","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}