{"product_id":"9781429935579","title":"Ticknor: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A small masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e)-An utterly original first novel from a rising international star\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a cold, rainy night, an aging bachelor named George Ticknor prepares to visit his childhood friend Prescott, now one of the leading intellectual lights of their generation. Reviewing a life of petty humiliations, and his friend's brilliant career, Ticknor sets out for the dinner party-a party at which he'd just as soon never arrive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistantly inspired by the real-life friendship between the great historian William Hickling Prescott and his biographer, \u003ci\u003eTicknor\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, fantastical study in resentment. It recalls such modern masterpieces of obsession as Thomas Bernhard's \u003ci\u003eThe Loser\u003c\/i\u003e and Nicholson Baker's \u003ci\u003eThe Mezzanine\u003c\/i\u003e and announces the arrival of a charming and original novelist, one whose stories have already earned her a passionate international following.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A perceptive act of ventriloquism, [\u003ci\u003eTicknor]\u003c\/i\u003e rewards thought and rereading, and offers a finely cadenced voice, intelligence and . . . moody beauty.\" -Catherine Bush, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Confoundedly strange [and] fascinating.\" -Nicholas Dinka, \u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141709709552,"sku":"9781429935579","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429935579_p0.jpg?v=1769901629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429935579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}