{"product_id":"9781468308419","title":"The Carp Castle: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sly, sexy, and profoundly haunting work, \u003cem\u003eThe Carp Castle\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a disparate group of strangers adrift and confused in the decade after the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e These haunted men and broken women find themselves bound together by an ineffable force: the seductive spell cast by a mysterious woman named Moira--one part mystic, one part cult leader, one part prophet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Carp Castle\u003c\/em\u003e introduces us to these misfits--to the unemployed American metaphysician, the perpetually ill English nurse, the guilt-ridden German captain, and a handful of others--as they board an airship called The League of Nations, which will, perhaps, deliver them to the promised land.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exuberantly written and rich with historical ironies, \u003cem\u003eThe Carp Castle\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable final statement from MacDonald Harris, praised by the Chicago Tribune as \"a gifted craftsman, a meticulous writer whose powers as a storyteller are as compelling as the sexual tensions he imagines.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for the work of MacDonald Harris:\u003cbr\u003e \"A delight . . . Harris’s sympathy for such a range of characters in their crazinesses, their various kinds of loneliness, their sheer comedy is wonderful. I think [\u003cem\u003eThe Carp Castle\u003c\/em\u003e is] one of his very best.\" --Philip Pullman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Every so often, one discovers a novel that simply stays with you, that haunts your imagination for days after it's closed and put back on the shelf. The Balloonist is that kind of book.\" --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post","brand":"ABRAMS, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183343386864,"sku":"9781468308419","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468308419_p0.jpg?v=1763694942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468308419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}