{"product_id":"9781681371443","title":"Nothing","description":"Years ago, Jane Weatherby had a torrid affair with John Pomfret, the husband of her best friend. Divorces ensued. World War II happened. Prewar partying gave way to postwar austerity, and Jane and John’s now-grown children, Philip and Mary, both as serious and sober as their parents were not, seem earnestly bent on marriage, which John and Jane consider a mistake. The two old lovers conspire against the two young lovers, and nothing turns out quite as expected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNothing\u003c\/i\u003e, like the closely related \u003ci\u003eDoting\u003c\/i\u003e, is a book that is almost entirely composed in dialogue, since in these late novels nothing so interested Green as how words resist, twist, and expose our intentions; how they fail us, lead us on, make fools of us, and may, in spite of ourselves, even save us, at least for a time. \u003ci\u003eNothing\u003c\/i\u003e spills over with the bizarre and delicious comedy and poetry of human incoherence.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172946034928,"sku":"9781681371443","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681371443_p0.jpg?v=1763692215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681371443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}