{"product_id":"9781770461529","title":"Petty Theft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious romantic comedy about kleptomania and booklovers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePascal is in a bad place. He and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, he's got writer's block, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly that he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedy of errors, a laugh-out-loud account of a man on a mission, and a testament to the addictiveness of book ownership. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book.\u003cbr\u003e From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePetty Theft \u003c\/i\u003eis a deftly told, finely drawn contemporary romance that will keep booklovers on the edge of their seats from the first page until the denouement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061971271920,"sku":"9781770461529","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770461529_p0.jpg?v=1763706454","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770461529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}