{"product_id":"9781429982382","title":"Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the National Book Award,\u003c\/i\u003e the long-awaited novel from the author of the acclaimed collection, \u003ci\u003eJenny and the Jaws of Life,\u003c\/i\u003e is an unusual and wonderful novel that is somehow able to be at once bleak and hilarious, light-hearted and profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the story of two sisters. Abigail Mather is a woman of enormous appetites, sexual and otherwise. Her fraternal twin Dorcas couldn't be more different: she gave up on sex without once trying it, and she lives a controlled, dignified life of the mind. Though Abigail exasperates Dorcas, the two love each other; in fact, they complete each other. They are an odd pair, set down in an odd Rhode Island town, where everyone has a story to tell, and writers, both published and unpublished, carom off each other like billiard balls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it that makes the two women targets for the new man in town, the charming schlockmeister Conrad Lowe, tall, whippet-thin and predatory? In Abigail and Dorcas he sees a new and tantalizing challenge. Not the mere conquest of Abigail, with her easy reputation, but a longer and more sinister game. A game that will lead to betrayal, shame and, ultimately, murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her darkly comic and unsettling first novel, Jincy Willett proves that she is a true find: that rare writer who can explore the shadowy side of human nature with the lightest of touches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167160090864,"sku":"9781429982382","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429982382_p0.jpg?v=1763751374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429982382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}