{"product_id":"9781439129135","title":"Glad News of the Natural World","description":"Twenty years ago, a first novel appeared and instantly announced the arrival of a master storyteller. T. R. Pearson's \u003ci\u003eA Short History of a Small Place\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as \"an absolute stunner\" (Jonathan Yardley, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed \"a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart\" (Fran Schumer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in \u003ci\u003eGlad News of the Natural World.\u003c\/i\u003e In order to get a sense of the larger world, he has moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina. Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity to be more than man enough for the job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether catching up with Louis Benfield and the denizens of Neely or meeting them for the first time, readers will find \u003ci\u003eGlad News of the Natural World\u003c\/i\u003e hilarious and heartbreaking, warm and wise.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123640549616,"sku":"9781439129135","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439129135_p0.jpg?v=1763757558","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439129135","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}