{"product_id":"9781585670369","title":"Female Ruins","description":" \"Geoff Nicholson's twelfth novel is an elegantly constructed and often funny story rendered with wry, surgical precision.\" (Matthew Klam, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Deliciously cynical and witty. A clever and original novel of deception, failures, and hope.\"\u003ci\u003e(Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFemale Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Christopher Howell, a cult architect who allegedly built just one building-reputedly a wild, willful amalgam of styles ranging from 11th-century Norman to 20th-century Neutra. When Howell's daughter-and keeper of his flame-Kelly, and a Howell groupie named Jack Dexter hook up in a free-falling love affair, the search for this apocryphal building becomes a search for a lost past. Brilliantly funny and seriously obsessive, \u003ci\u003eFemale Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the castles we build are often symbols of our own needs, follies, and magnificent obsessions. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Geoff Nicholson is the author of thirteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eBleeding London\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. His works have been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese, and four of his novels have been optioned for film.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Overlook Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062781624560,"sku":"9781585670369","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585670369_p0.gif?v=1763800893","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585670369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}