{"product_id":"pieces-of-payne-a-novel","title":"Pieces of Payne: A Novel","description":"Albert Goldbarth is \"a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart\" (Joyce Carol Oates)\n\nHow is Eliza's divorce connected to the rise of twentieth-century quantum physics? Why does the steamy promise of \"a key unlocking a door at a cheap motel along I-35\" lead us to a consideration of Moby-Dick? What does one physician's fake appointment book have to do with Columbus, werewolves, and Fanny Burney's famously excruciating nineteenth-century mastectomy? Albert Goldbarth sets his story of love's daily pleasures and griefs upon a foundation of ever-branching footnotes―from the strange worlds of supermarket tabloids and the Legion of Super-Heroes to more contemplative forays into gender politics, Dickens scholarship, and medical anomalies. By taking us on this mind-bending journey, he shows us how our lives are both confused and empowered by the multilayered universe around us.\n\nPieces of Payne is the first novel by Goldbarth, a two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1555973787\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1555973787.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Goldbarth, Albert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499929215034,"sku":"DBV.1555973787.G","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1555973787-0.jpg?v=1783047073","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/pieces-of-payne-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}