{"product_id":"9781554903405","title":"Entitlement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/cite\u003e is the tragic, wrenching story of Andy Kronk. After a lifetime intertwined with the Aspinalls, one of Canada’s wealthiest families, Andy has finally forged a clean break. Mere months pass, however, before his past returns, and he finds himself, obediently, digging …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003ccite\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/cite\u003e is a story about identity – about who we think we are and where we really stand. Set in rural Ontario and with excursions to Toronto and New York City, the novel takes a provocative and honest look at class, power, male relationships, death, and the familial bonds that tie, protect and harm us most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy’s story is revealed to Trudy Clarke. Writing an Aspinall “tell-all” biography, she wants Kronk’s take for her book. Reluctantly, Andy agrees to talk. He begins by explaining that when he quit practising law, all he wanted was a clean start and the privacy to live life on his own terms. But, as he explains over the course of a weekend interview, his boyhood boarding school entanglement with one of Canada’s elite families became complicated – and remains strong. As the weekend progresses, Andy grows comfortable. When he realizes that he’s gone too far, said too much, it’s too late…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in forceful prose, with a poet’s ear, Jonathan Bennett’s \u003ccite\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/cite\u003e does for the world of power and privilege what David Adams Richards has done for the hardscrabble blue collar men and women of his award-winning novels – tearing down myths to reveal something essentially, and always, heartbreakingly human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133837787376,"sku":"9781554903405","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554903405_p0.jpg?v=1763754740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554903405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}