{"product_id":"9781555977900","title":"All That Man Is: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e Plimpton Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by a genius of realism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is \u003c\/i\u003etraces the arc of life from the spring of youth to the winter of old age by following nine men who range from the working-class ex-grunt to the pompous college student, the middle-aged loser to the Russian oligarch. Ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable, vital, pitiable, and hilarious, these men paint a picture of modern manhood. David Szalay is a master of a new kind of realism that vibrates with detail, intelligence, relevance, and devastating pathos. In \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e, a Man Booker Prize finalist and the winner of the Gordon Burn Prize and the Plimpton Prize, he brilliantly illuminates the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Szalay’s prose . . . is frequently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e] has a new urgency now that the post-Cold War dream of a Europe of open borders and broad, shared identity has come under increasing question.” —Garth Greenwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Szalay does so much and so well that we come to view his snapshots of lives as brilliant, captivating dramas.” —\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A 100-megawatt novel: intelligent, intricate, so very well made, the form perfectly fitting the content. When I reached the end, I turned straight back to the start to begin again.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030570483952,"sku":"9781555977900","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555977900_p0.jpg?v=1763756316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555977900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}