{"product_id":"9781566892933","title":"Sleight: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “powerfully original” novel that explores ideas of artistic performance, gender, and family in the shadow of an unthinkable tragedy (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sisters Lark and Clef have spent their lives honing their bodies for “sleight”—an interdisciplinary art form that combines elements of dance, architecture, acrobatics, and spoken word.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Estranged for several years, the sisters are reunited by West, an ambitious sleight troupe director who needs the sisters’ opposing approaches to the form—Lark is tormented and fragile, but a prodigy; Clef is driven to excel, but lacks the spark of artistic genius.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But when a disturbing mass murder makes national headlines, West seizes on the event as inspiration for his new performance, one that threatens to destroy the very artists performing it—or drive them to the very edge of sanity in this unique novel from “a wildly talented writer” (Adam Levin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Instructions\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146635788528,"sku":"9781566892933","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566892933_p0.jpg?v=1763786607","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566892933","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}