{"product_id":"9781771960168","title":"Confidence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2015 Giller Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong the \u003ci\u003eNational Post's\u003c\/i\u003e 50 Best Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire’s\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmong \u003ci\u003eNOW Toronto's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the stories of \u003ci\u003eConfidence\u003c\/i\u003e, there are ecstasy-taking PhD students, financial traders desperate for husbands, owners of failing sex stores, violent and unremovable tenants, aggressive raccoons, seedy massage parlors, experimental filmmakers who record every second of their day, and wives who blog insults directed at their husbands. There are cheating husbands. There are private clubs, crowded restaurants, psychiatric wards. There is one magic cinema and everyone has a secret of some kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Insensitive\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eConfidence\u003c\/i\u003e, recently longlisted for the 2015 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, is his US debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139965534448,"sku":"9781771960168","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771960168_p0.jpg?v=1763708144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771960168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}